Shuman (שומן) means fat in Hebrew.
It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
שֻׁמָּן
shuman
noun · masculine
In English
fat
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Shuman.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1חומר קשה או רך הניתן למריחה ולעתים קרובות נמס בטמפרטורה נמוכה; הוא תרכובת פחמימנית הנוצרת בגופם של בעלי חיים וצמחים כמאגר אנרגיה (כמו שמן ממקור אורגני שלעיל, אך אינו נוזלי).
The word Shuman is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- שֻׁמָּן
- Written without vowel points
- שומן
- Said
- shuman
- Root
- ש־מ־נ
- Pattern
- קֻטָּל
- Plural
- שֻׁמָּנִים
- Inflections
- ר' שֻׁמָּנִים
- Gematria
- 396
This is how Shuman is said in other languages.
- English
- fat
- Russian
- жир
- German
- Schmalz
- Yiddish
- פֿעסט, שמאַלץ
These words rhyme with Shuman.
The word Shuman comes from the root ש־מ־נ, like these words.
This is where the word Shuman comes from.
באוגריתית (שמן).
These words come before and after Shuman in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Shuman.
What does Shuman (שומן) mean in Hebrew?
Shuman (שומן) means fat. It is said shuman, with the stress on man.
What rhymes with Shuman (שומן)?
Words that rhyme with Shuman (שומן) include זמן, חמצן, מימן, לבן, עניין, and פחמן.
Is Shuman (שומן) masculine or feminine?
The word Shuman (שומן) is a masculine noun, and its plural is שֻׁמָּנִים.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry שמן of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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