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Ra'ayon (רעיון) means idea in Hebrew.

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

רַעֲיוֹן
ra'ayon
noun · masculine
In English

idea

The stress falls on the part in bold.

The Hebrew dictionaryWords starting with ר

The dictionary gives 6 meanings for Ra'ayon.

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

  1. 1
    מחשבה. הרהור הלב.
  2. 2
    מחשבה מקורית, מחשבה שיש בה חידוש. שלב ראשון בתכנון, תכנית לא־מפורטת.
  3. 3
    הצעת פתרון לבעיה.
  4. 4
    תאוריה חדשה שעדיין אינה מוכחת.
  5. 5
    היבט מסוים באמונה או באידאולוגיה.
  6. 6
    המילה מופיעה בספר קהלת רק בצירוף "רעיון רוח" שמקביל לצירוף "רעות רוח" שמשמעותו הבל, דבר לא־ממשי:, ובצירוף "רעיון ליבו". כמו כן מופיעה המילה בתלמוד הירושלמי בתוך הטקסט הארמי, במשמעות "מחשבה" או "מחשבה רעה", כגון כאן.

The word Ra'ayon is a masculine noun.

Written with vowel points
רַעֲיוֹן
Written without vowel points
רעיון
Said
ra'ayon
Root
ר־ע־ה
Pattern
קַטְלוֹן
Plural
רַעֲיוֹנוֹת
Inflections
ר' רַעֲיוֹנוֹת
Gematria
336

This is how Ra'ayon is said in other languages.

English
idea
Arabic
فكرة
Russian
идея
French
idée
Spanish
idéa

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These words rhyme with Ra'ayon.

The word Ra'ayon comes from the root ר־ע־ה, like these words.

These words come before and after Ra'ayon in the dictionary.

These are the questions people ask about the word Ra'ayon.

What does Ra'ayon (⁨רעיון⁩) mean in Hebrew?

Ra'ayon (⁨רעיון⁩) means idea. It is said ra'ayon, with the stress on yon.

What is a synonym for Ra'ayon (⁨רעיון⁩)?

Words that mean nearly the same as Ra'ayon (⁨רעיון⁩) are ⁨שרעף⁩, ⁨אידאה⁩, ⁨הברקה⁩, ⁨הגיג⁩, ⁨סברה⁩, and ⁨מושג⁩.

What rhymes with Ra'ayon (⁨רעיון⁩)?

Words that rhyme with Ra'ayon (⁨רעיון⁩) include ⁨מזון⁩, ⁨רצון⁩, ⁨צפון⁩, ⁨לשון⁩, ⁨חלבון⁩, and ⁨זיכרון⁩.

Is Ra'ayon (⁨רעיון⁩) masculine or feminine?

The word Ra'ayon (⁨רעיון⁩) is a masculine noun, and its plural is ⁨רַעֲיוֹנוֹת⁩.

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

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