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Petsa (פצע) means wound in Hebrew.

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

פֶּצַע
petsa
noun · masculine
In English

wound

The stress falls on the part in bold.

The Hebrew dictionaryWords starting with פ

The dictionary gives 2 meanings for Petsa.

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

  1. 1
    חתך, שריטה או נזק גופני אחר לרקמת העור והבשר.
    מִכַּף-רֶגֶל וְעַד-רֹאשׁ אֵין-בּוֹ מְתֹם פֶּצַע וְחַבּוּרָה וּמַכָּה טְרִיָּה לֹא-זֹרוּ וְלֹא חֻבָּשׁוּ וְלֹא רֻכְּכָה בַּשָּׁמֶן.
  2. 2
    מילה מקראית

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

The word Petsa is a masculine noun.

Written with vowel points
פֶּצַע
Written without vowel points
פצע
Said
petsa
Pattern
קֵטֶל
Plural
פְּצָעִים
Inflections
ר' פְּצָעִים; פצע־; ר' פִּצְעֵי־; כ' פִּצְעִי, פִּצְעֲךָ, פִּצְעֵךְ, פִּצְעוֹ, פִּצְעָהּ, פִּצְעָם, פִּצְעָן
Gematria
240

This is how Petsa is said in other languages.

English
wound
Arabic
جرح
Russian
рана
French
blessure, plaie
Spanish
herida, llaga
German
Wunde

These words mean nearly the same as Petsa.

A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.

These words rhyme with Petsa.

The word Petsa is part of these phrases and sayings.

  • זרה מלח על הפצעים
  • נאמנים פצעי אוהב
  • פצע ישן
  • פצע לחץ
  • פצע בגרות

A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.

These words come before and after Petsa in the dictionary.

These are the questions people ask about the word Petsa.

What does Petsa (⁨פצע⁩) mean in Hebrew?

Petsa (⁨פצע⁩) means wound. It is said petsa, with the stress on pe.

What is a synonym for Petsa (⁨פצע⁩)?

Words that mean nearly the same as Petsa (⁨פצע⁩) are ⁨חבורה⁩, ⁨חטט⁩, and ⁨כיב⁩.

What rhymes with Petsa (⁨פצע⁩)?

Words that rhyme with Petsa (⁨פצע⁩) include ⁨בצע⁩ and ⁨יצע⁩.

Is Petsa (⁨פצע⁩) masculine or feminine?

The word Petsa (⁨פצע⁩) is a masculine noun, and its plural is ⁨פְּצָעִים⁩.

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

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