Shemen shumshemin (שמן שומשמין) means sesame oil in Hebrew.
It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
שֶׁמֶן שֻׁמְשְׁמִין
shemen shumshemin
noun · masculine
In English
sesame oil
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Shemen shumshemin.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1שמן המופק מזרעי הצמח שֻׁמְשֹׁם (סומסום).
The word Shemen shumshemin is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- שֶׁמֶן שֻׁמְשְׁמִין
- Written without vowel points
- שמן שומשמין
- Said
- shemen shumshemin
- Plural
- שְׁמָנֵי שֻׁמְשְׁמִין
- Inflections
- ר' שְׁמָנֵי שֻׁמְשְׁמִין
- Gematria
- 1,136
This is how Shemen shumshemin is said in other languages.
- English
- sesame oil
- French
- huile de sésame
- German
- Sesamöl
These words come before and after Shemen shumshemin in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Shemen shumshemin.
What does Shemen shumshemin (שמן שומשמין) mean in Hebrew?
Shemen shumshemin (שמן שומשמין) means sesame oil. It is said shemen shumshemin, with the stress on she.
Is Shemen shumshemin (שמן שומשמין) masculine or feminine?
The word Shemen shumshemin (שמן שומשמין) is a masculine noun, and its plural is שְׁמָנֵי שֻׁמְשְׁמִין.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry שמן שמשמין of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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