Okhel nevelot (אוכל נבלות) means scavenger in Hebrew.
It is an adjective, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
אוֹכֵל נְבֵלוֹת
okhel nevelot
adjective
In English
scavenger
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives 2 meanings for Okhel nevelot.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1זואולוגיהבעל חיים שתזונתו מתבססת על פגרי בעלי חיים אחרים. ועל־כן ממעט בציד.
- 2בהשאלהכינוי גנאי לאדם לא הגון.
The word Okhel nevelot is an adjective.
- Written with vowel points
- אוֹכֵל נְבֵלוֹת
- Written without vowel points
- אוכל נבלות
- Said
- okhel nevelot
- Plural
- אוֹכְלֵי נְבֵלוֹת
- Feminine form
- אוֹכֶלֶת נְבֵלוֹת
- Inflections
- נ' אוֹכֶלֶת נְבֵלוֹת, ר' אוֹכְלֵי נְבֵלוֹת
- Gematria
- 545
This is how Okhel nevelot is said in other languages.
- English
- scavenger
- French
- nécrophagie
These words mean the opposite of Okhel nevelot.
These words come before and after Okhel nevelot in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Okhel nevelot.
What does Okhel nevelot (אוכל נבלות) mean in Hebrew?
Okhel nevelot (אוכל נבלות) means scavenger. It is said okhel nevelot, with the stress on khel.
What is the opposite of Okhel nevelot (אוכל נבלות)?
Words that mean the opposite of Okhel nevelot (אוכל נבלות) are טורף and צמחוני.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry אוכל נבלות of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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