Shesh (שש) means six in Hebrew.
It is a word, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
שֵׁשׁ
shesh
word
In English
six
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Shesh.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1שלושה זוגות.
כִּי תִקְנֶה עֶבֶד עִבְרִי שֵׁשׁ שָׁנִים יַעֲבֹד וּבַשְּׁבִעִת יֵצֵא לַחָפְשִׁי חִנָּם
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Shesh is a word.
- Written with vowel points
- שֵׁשׁ
- Written without vowel points
- שש
- Said
- shesh
- Root
- ש־ש־ה
- Pattern
- קָטֵל
- Inflections
- ז' שִׁשָּׁה, שֵׁשֶׁת־
- Gematria
- 600
This is how Shesh is said in other languages.
- English
- six
- Arabic
- سِتّ
- Russian
- шесть
- French
- six
- Spanish
- seis
- German
- sechs
- Yiddish
- זעקס
These words rhyme with Shesh.
The word Shesh is part of these phrases and sayings.
- בשש אחרי המלחמה
- שש אמות באדמה
- שש בש
- שש עשרה
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
The word Shesh comes from the root ש־ש־ה, like these words.
These words come before and after Shesh in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Shesh.
What does Shesh (שש) mean in Hebrew?
Shesh (שש) means six. It is said shesh, with the stress on shesh.
What rhymes with Shesh (שש)?
Words that rhyme with Shesh (שש) include אש, יבש, טיפש, חמש, מפרש, and מוקש.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry שש of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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