Rotse'akh (רוצח) means murderer in Hebrew.
It is an adjective, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
murderer
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Rotse'akh.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1מי שהרג אדם אחר שלא כדין.
וְאִם־בִּכְלִי בַרְזֶל הִכָּהוּ, וַיָּמֹת; רֹצֵחַ הוּא, מוֹת יוּמַת הָרֹצֵחַ.
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Rotse'akh is an adjective.
- Written with vowel points
- רוֹצֵחַ
- Written without vowel points
- רוצח
- Said
- rotse'akh
- Root
- ר־צ־ח
- Pattern
- קוֹטֵל
- Plural
- רוֹצְחִים
- Feminine form
- רוֹצַחַת
- Inflections
- נ' רוֹצַחַת; ר' רוֹצְחִים, נ"ר רוֹצְחוֹת
- Gematria
- 304
This is how Rotse'akh is said in other languages.
- English
- murderer
- Yiddish
- מערדער
These words mean nearly the same as Rotse'akh.
- שופך דמים
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words rhyme with Rotse'akh.
The word Rotse'akh is part of these phrases and sayings.
- רוצח המונים
- רוצח סדרתי
- רוצח שכיר
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
The word Rotse'akh comes from the root ר־צ־ח, like these words.
These words come before and after Rotse'akh in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Rotse'akh.
What does Rotse'akh (רוצח) mean in Hebrew?
Rotse'akh (רוצח) means murderer. It is said rotse'akh, with the stress on tse'.
What is a synonym for Rotse'akh (רוצח)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Rotse'akh (רוצח) are שופך דמים.
What rhymes with Rotse'akh (רוצח)?
Words that rhyme with Rotse'akh (רוצח) include ירח, ריח, שמח, מפתח, פיקח, and מח.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry רוצח of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.