Onesh mavet (עונש מות) means capital punishment in Hebrew.
It can also mean death sentence. It is a phrase, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
עֹנֶשׁ מָוֶת
onesh mavet
phrase
In English
capital punishment, death sentence
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Onesh mavet.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1העונש הגופני הקשה ביותר בו הנאשם מוצא להורג. אחת מצורות הענישה החמורות ביותר שיכולה מדינה להטיל על מבצע עבירה. עונש מוות הוא הסוג הקיצוני ביותר של ענישה גופנית (למעט אולי עינויים קשים במיוחד), והביצוע שלו מכונה הוצאה להורג.
The word Onesh mavet is a phrase.
- Written with vowel points
- עֹנֶשׁ מָוֶת
- Written without vowel points
- עונש מות
- Said
- onesh mavet
- Root
- ע־נ־ש
- Gematria
- 872
This is how Onesh mavet is said in other languages.
- English
- capital punishment, death sentence
- Arabic
- إعدام, عقوبة الإعدام, عقوبة الموت
- Russian
- смертная казнь, высшая мера наказания
- French
- peine de mort, peine capitale, punition capitale
- Spanish
- pena de muerte
- German
- Todesstrafe
The word Onesh mavet comes from the root ע־נ־ש, like these words.
These words come before and after Onesh mavet in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Onesh mavet.
What does Onesh mavet (עונש מות) mean in Hebrew?
Onesh mavet (עונש מות) means capital punishment and death sentence. It is said onesh mavet, with the stress on nesh.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry ענש מות of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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