Ra'av (רעב) means hunger in Hebrew.
It can also mean famine. It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
hunger, famine
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives 2 meanings for Ra'av.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1מחסור במזון.
וְלֶחֶם אֵין בְּכָל־הָאָרֶץ, כִּי־כָבֵד הָרָעָב מְאֹד; וַתֵּלַהּ אֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם וְאֶרֶץ כְּנַעַן מִפְּנֵי הָרָעָב.
- 2בהשאלהרצון עז לדבר חיוני כלשהו.
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Ra'av is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- רָעָב
- Written without vowel points
- רעב
- Said
- ra'av
- Pattern
- קָטָל
- Inflections
- רְעַב־; כ' רְעָבוֹ
- Gematria
- 272
This is how Ra'av is said in other languages.
- English
- hunger, famine
- Arabic
- جُوع
- Russian
- голод
- French
- faim
- Spanish
- hambre, gazuza
- German
- Hunger
- Yiddish
- הונגער
These words mean nearly the same as Ra'av.
- כפן
- נקיון שנים
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These words mean the opposite of Ra'av.
- שבע
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These words rhyme with Ra'av.
The word Ra'av is part of these phrases and sayings.
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
This is where the word Ra'av comes from.
3: מצרית-קדומה - רְ-עְבְּ r-ꜣbb בהוראת לִכְמוֹהַּ,לרְצות.
These words come before and after Ra'av in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Ra'av.
What does Ra'av (רעב) mean in Hebrew?
Ra'av (רעב) means hunger and famine. It is said ra'av, with the stress on av.
What is a synonym for Ra'av (רעב)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Ra'av (רעב) are כפן and נקיון שנים.
What is the opposite of Ra'av (רעב)?
Words that mean the opposite of Ra'av (רעב) are שבע.
What rhymes with Ra'av (רעב)?
Words that rhyme with Ra'av (רעב) include רב, חלב, מצב, כוכב, קו, and אב.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry רעב of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.