Shrirut lev (שרירות לב) means obstinateness in Hebrew.
It can also mean stubbornness of the heart, obdurateness, insensitivity, and callousness. It is a phrase, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
שְׁרִירוּת לֵב
shrirut lev
phrase
In English
obstinateness, stubbornness of the heart, obdurateness, insensitivity
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Shrirut lev.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1עקשות, סרבנות. מצב בו אדם עושה מה שנוח ונעים לדעתו. אינו מרחם. אינו נכנע למוסר ומצוות
The word Shrirut lev is a phrase.
- Written with vowel points
- שְׁרִירוּת לֵב
- Written without vowel points
- שרירות לב
- Said
- shrirut lev
- Gematria
- 1,148
This is how Shrirut lev is said in other languages.
- English
- obstinateness, stubbornness of the heart, obdurateness, insensitivity, callousness
These words come before and after Shrirut lev in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Shrirut lev.
What does Shrirut lev (שרירות לב) mean in Hebrew?
Shrirut lev (שרירות לב) means obstinateness, stubbornness of the heart, and obdurateness. It is said shrirut lev, with the stress on rut.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry שרירות לב of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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