Ratam et ha'agala lifney hasusim (רתם את העגלה לפני הסוסים) means put the cart before the horse in Hebrew.
It is a verb, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
רָתַם אֶת הָעֲגָלָה לִפְנֵי הַסּוּסִים
ratam et ha'agala lifney hasusim
verb
In English
put the cart before the horse
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Ratam et ha'agala lifney hasusim.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1הקדים לעסוק בדבר לפני שבא הצורך לו; התקדם בתכניתו תוך דילוג על שלב הכרחי.
The word Ratam et ha'agala lifney hasusim is a verb.
- Written with vowel points
- רָתַם אֶת הָעֲגָלָה לִפְנֵי הַסּוּסִים
- Written without vowel points
- רתם את העגלה לפני הסוסים
- Said
- ratam et ha'agala lifney hasusim
- Plural
- רָתְמוּ אֶת הָעֲגָלָה לִפְנֵי הַסּוּסִים
- Feminine form
- רָתְמָה אֶת הָעֲגָלָה לִפְנֵי הַסּוּסִים
- Inflections
- נ' רָתְמָה אֶת הָעֲגָלָה לִפְנֵי הַסּוּסִים, ר' רָתְמוּ אֶת הָעֲגָלָה לִפְנֵי הַסּוּסִים
- Gematria
- 1,505
This is how Ratam et ha'agala lifney hasusim is said in other languages.
- English
- put the cart before the horse
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What does Ratam et ha'agala lifney hasusim (רתם את העגלה לפני הסוסים) mean in Hebrew?
Ratam et ha'agala lifney hasusim (רתם את העגלה לפני הסוסים) means put the cart before the horse. It is said ratam et ha'agala lifney hasusim, with the stress on tam.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry רתם את העגלה לפני הסוסים of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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