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Or (אור) means light in Hebrew.

It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.

אוֹר
or
noun · masculine
In English

light

The stress falls on the part in bold.

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The dictionary gives 5 meanings for Or.

The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.

  1. 1
    פיזיקהקרינה אלקטרומגנטית בעלת אורך גל הנראה לעין אנושית.
    וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים אֶת-הָאוֹר כִּי־טוֹב; וַיַּבְדֵּל אֱלֹהִים בֵּין הָאוֹר וּבֵין הַחֹשֶׁךְ. וַיִּקְרָא אֱלֹהִים לָאוֹר יוֹם, וְלַחֹשֶׁךְ קָרָא לָיְלָה...
  2. 2
    פיזיקהכל סוג של קרינה אלקטרומגנטית.
  3. 3
    מאור, מקור אור.
  4. 4
    הארה, תבונה הנרכשת במהלך נסיון החיים.
  5. 5
    שם פרטי לזכר ולנקבה.

The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.

The word Or is a masculine noun.

Written with vowel points
אוֹר
Written without vowel points
אור
Said
or
Pattern
קוֹל
Plural
אוֹרִים או אוֹרוֹת
Inflections
ר' אוֹרִים או אוֹרוֹת; אוֹר־, ר' אוֹרֵי־
Gematria
207

This is how Or is said in other languages.

English
light
Arabic
نور
Russian
свет
French
lumière
Spanish
luz
German
Licht
Yiddish
ליכט, אור

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These words mean the opposite of Or.

  • חושך

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These words rhyme with Or.

The word Or is part of these phrases and sayings.

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This is where the word Or comes from.

אוגריתית כנראה (אַר); אכדית: urru, בוקר או יום.

These words come before and after Or in the dictionary.

These are the questions people ask about the word Or.

What does Or (⁨אור⁩) mean in Hebrew?

Or (⁨אור⁩) means light. It is said or, with the stress on or.

What is a synonym for Or (⁨אור⁩)?

Words that mean nearly the same as Or (⁨אור⁩) are ⁨אורה⁩, ⁨אלומה⁩, and ⁨זיו⁩.

What is the opposite of Or (⁨אור⁩)?

Words that mean the opposite of Or (⁨אור⁩) are ⁨חושך⁩.

What rhymes with Or (⁨אור⁩)?

Words that rhyme with Or (⁨אור⁩) include ⁨עור⁩, ⁨צינור⁩, ⁨מקור⁩, ⁨אזור⁩, ⁨בור⁩, and ⁨שחור⁩.

The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry אור of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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