Raev (רָעֵב) means hungry in Hebrew.
It is an adjective, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
hungry
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives 2 meanings for Raev.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1חש רָעָב; רוצה לאכול ולמלא את קיבתו.
הֲלוֹא פָרֹס לָרָעֵב לַחְמֶךָ, וַעֲנִיִּים מְרוּדִים תָּבִיא בָיִת; כִּי־תִרְאֶה עָרֹם וְכִסִּיתוֹ, וּמִבְּשָׂרְךָ לֹא תִתְעַלָּם.
- 2חש צורך עז לדבר חיוני כלשהו.
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Raev is an adjective.
- Written with vowel points
- רָעֵב
- Written without vowel points
- רעב
- Said
- raev
- Root
- ר־ע־ב
- Pattern
- קָטֵל
- Plural
- רְעֵבִים
- Feminine form
- רְעֵבָה
- Inflections
- ר' רְעֵבִים; נ' רְעֵבָה, נ"ר רְעֵבוֹת
- Gematria
- 272
This is how Raev is said in other languages.
- English
- hungry
- Arabic
- جَائِع
- Russian
- голодный
These words mean the opposite of Raev.
- שבע
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words rhyme with Raev.
The word Raev is part of these phrases and sayings.
- רעב ללחם
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
The word Raev comes from the root ר־ע־ב, like these words.
These words come before and after Raev in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Raev.
What does Raev (רָעֵב) mean in Hebrew?
Raev (רָעֵב) means hungry. It is said raev, with the stress on ev.
What is the opposite of Raev (רָעֵב)?
Words that mean the opposite of Raev (רָעֵב) are שבע.
What rhymes with Raev (רָעֵב)?
Words that rhyme with Raev (רָעֵב) include מחשב, לב, אויב, זאב, ערב, and חרב.
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.