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This is what the Hebrew word Resh (ריש) means.

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

רֵשׁ
resh
noun · masculine

The stress falls on the part in bold.

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The dictionary gives one meaning for Resh.

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

  1. 1
    מליצהעוני
    שָׁוְא וּדְבַר כָּזָב הַרְחֵק מִמֶּנִּי; רֵאשׁ וָעֹשֶׁר אַל תִּתֶּן לִי; הַטְרִיפֵנִי לֶחֶם חֻקִּי.

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

The word Resh is a masculine noun.

Written with vowel points
רֵשׁ
Written without vowel points
ריש
Said
resh
Root
ר־י־ש
Pattern
קֵטֶל
Gematria
510

These words mean nearly the same as Resh.

  • עוני

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These words mean the opposite of Resh.

  • עושר

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

These words rhyme with Resh.

The word Resh comes from the root ר־י־ש, like these words.

These words come before and after Resh in the dictionary.

These are the questions people ask about the word Resh.

What is a synonym for Resh (⁨ריש⁩)?

Words that mean nearly the same as Resh (⁨ריש⁩) are ⁨עוני⁩.

What is the opposite of Resh (⁨ריש⁩)?

Words that mean the opposite of Resh (⁨ריש⁩) are ⁨עושר⁩.

What rhymes with Resh (⁨ריש⁩)?

Words that rhyme with Resh (⁨ריש⁩) include ⁨אש⁩, ⁨יבש⁩, ⁨טיפש⁩, ⁨חמש⁩, ⁨מפרש⁩, and ⁨שש⁩.

Is Resh (⁨ריש⁩) masculine or feminine?

The word Resh (⁨ריש⁩) is a masculine noun.

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

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