Pesakh (פסח) means Paschal in Hebrew.
It can also mean Passover. It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
Paschal, Passover
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives 3 meanings for Pesakh.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1קרבן שהוקרב בזמן בית המקדש בארבעה עשר בניסן אחר חצות היום ונאכל בליל חמישה עשר בניסן.
וְזָבַחְתָּ פֶּסַח לַיהוה אֱלֹהֶיךָ צֹאן וּבָקָר בַּמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר־יִבְחַר יהוה לְשַׁכֵּן שְׁמוֹ שָׁם
- 2חג יהודי המהווה אחד משלוש הרגלים וחל מהחמישה־עשר עד העשרים ואחד בניסן לזכר יציאת מצרים. במשך החג על היהודים להימנע מאכילת חמץ ולאכול מצות במקום זאת.
בָּרִאשׁוֹן בְּאַרְבָּעָה עָשָׂר יוֹם לַחֹדֶשׁ יִהְיֶה לָכֶם הַפָּסַח, חָג – שְׁבֻעוֹת יָמִים מַצּוֹת יֵאָכֵל.
- 3שם פרטי לזכר
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Pesakh is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- פֶּסַח
- Written without vowel points
- פסח
- Said
- pesakh
- Root
- פ־ס־ח
- Pattern
- קֶטֶל
- Plural
- פְּסָחִים
- Inflections
- ר' פְּסָחִים; פֶּסַח־, ר' פִּסְחֵי־
- Gematria
- 148
This is how Pesakh is said in other languages.
- English
- Paschal, Passover
- French
- Pessa'h
- Spanish
- Pésaj
- German
- Pessach
- Yiddish
- פסח
These words mean nearly the same as Pesakh.
- חג האביבpassover
- חג החרות
- חג המצותpassover
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
The word Pesakh is part of these phrases and sayings.
- הגדה של פסח
- כשר לפסח
- כשל"פ
- סדר פסח
- ערב פסח
- פסח קטן
- פסח שני
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
The word Pesakh comes from the root פ־ס־ח, like these words.
These words come before and after Pesakh in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Pesakh.
What does Pesakh (פסח) mean in Hebrew?
Pesakh (פסח) means Paschal and Passover. It is said pesakh, with the stress on pe.
What is a synonym for Pesakh (פסח)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Pesakh (פסח) are חג האביב, חג החרות, and חג המצות.
Is Pesakh (פסח) masculine or feminine?
The word Pesakh (פסח) is a masculine noun, and its plural is פְּסָחִים.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry פסח of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.