Sho'ar (שוער) means vile in Hebrew.
It is an adjective, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
שֹׁעָר
sho'ar
adjective
In English
vile
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives 2 meanings for Sho'ar.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1מאוס, מגונה, רע.
כַּתְּאֵנִים הַשֹּׁעָרִים אֲשֶׁר לֹא תֵאָכַלְנָה מֵרֹעַ.
- 2המילה מופיעה פעם אחת במקרא, בפסוק לעיל.
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Sho'ar is an adjective.
- Written with vowel points
- שֹׁעָר
- Written without vowel points
- שוער
- Said
- sho'ar
- Root
- ש־ע־ר
- Pattern
- קֹטֶל
- Plural
- שֹׁעָרִים
- Feminine form
- שֹׁעָרוֹת
- Inflections
- ר' שֹׁעָרִים, נ' שֹׁעָרוֹת
- Gematria
- 576
This is how Sho'ar is said in other languages.
- English
- vile
- Spanish
- deleznable, vil, despreciable, cruel
These words rhyme with Sho'ar.
The word Sho'ar comes from the root ש־ע־ר, like these words.
These words come before and after Sho'ar in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Sho'ar.
What does Sho'ar (שוער) mean in Hebrew?
Sho'ar (שוער) means vile. It is said sho'ar, with the stress on sho'.
What rhymes with Sho'ar (שוער)?
Words that rhyme with Sho'ar (שוער) include תואר, נוער, and דואר.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry שער of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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