Shtika shava zahav (שתיקה שווה זהב) means silence is golden in Hebrew.
It is a phrase, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
שְׁתִיקָה שָׁוָה זָהָב
shtika shava zahav
phrase
In English
silence is golden
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Shtika shava zahav.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1השתיקה עדיפה על הדיבור.
The word Shtika shava zahav is a phrase.
- Written with vowel points
- שְׁתִיקָה שָׁוָה זָהָב
- Written without vowel points
- שתיקה שווה זהב
- Said
- shtika shava zahav
- Gematria
- 1,146
This is how Shtika shava zahav is said in other languages.
- English
- silence is golden
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What does Shtika shava zahav (שתיקה שווה זהב) mean in Hebrew?
Shtika shava zahav (שתיקה שווה זהב) means silence is golden. It is said shtika shava zahav, with the stress on ka.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry שתיקה שוה זהב of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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