Romach (רומח) means lance in Hebrew.
It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
רֹמַח
romach
noun · masculine
In English
lance
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Romach.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1כלי נשק ארוך ומחודד, המשמש לדקירת היריב.
וַיַּרְא פִּינְחָס בֶּן-אֶלְעָזָר בֶּן-אַהֲרֹן הַכֹּהֵן וַיָּקָם מִתּוֹךְ הָעֵדָה וַיִּקַּח רֹמַח בְּיָדוֹ.
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Romach is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- רֹמַח
- Written without vowel points
- רומח
- Said
- romach
- Root
- ר־מ־ח
- Pattern
- קֹטֶל
- Plural
- רְמָחִים
- Inflections
- ר' רְמָחִים
- Gematria
- 254
This is how Romach is said in other languages.
- English
- lance
These words mean nearly the same as Romach.
- חניתspear
- כידון
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words come before and after Romach in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Romach.
What does Romach (רומח) mean in Hebrew?
Romach (רומח) means lance. It is said romach, with the stress on ro.
What is a synonym for Romach (רומח)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Romach (רומח) are חנית and כידון.
Is Romach (רומח) masculine or feminine?
The word Romach (רומח) is a masculine noun, and its plural is רְמָחִים.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry רמח of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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