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Taish (תיש) means billy goat in Hebrew.

It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.

תַּיִשׁ
taish
noun · masculine
In English

billy goat

The stress falls on the part in bold.

The Hebrew dictionaryWords starting with ת

The dictionary gives one meaning for Taish.

The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.

  1. 1
    עז ממין זכר; יונק ממשפחת הבהמה הדקה.
    עִזִּים מָאתַיִם, וּתְיָשִׁים עֶשְׂרִים; רְחֵלִים מָאתַיִם, וְאֵילִים עֶשְׂרִים.

The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.

The word Taish is a masculine noun.

Written with vowel points
תַּיִשׁ
Written without vowel points
תיש
Said
taish
Pattern
קַיִל
Plural
תְּיָשִׁים
Inflections
ר' תְּיָשִׁים; תֵּישׁ־, ר' תֵּישֵׁי־
Gematria
710

This is how Taish is said in other languages.

English
billy goat
Arabic
تيس
Russian
козёл
French
bouc
Spanish
cabro
German
Ziegenbock, Geißbock

These words mean nearly the same as Taish.

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The word Taish is part of these phrases and sayings.

  • אם אין גדיים אין תיישים
  • גדיים נעשו תיישים

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These words come before and after Taish in the dictionary.

These are the questions people ask about the word Taish.

What does Taish (⁨תיש⁩) mean in Hebrew?

Taish (⁨תיש⁩) means billy goat. It is said taish, with the stress on ta.

What is a synonym for Taish (⁨תיש⁩)?

Words that mean nearly the same as Taish (⁨תיש⁩) are ⁨עתוד⁩, ⁨צפיר⁩, ⁨שעיר⁩, and ⁨יעל⁩.

Is Taish (⁨תיש⁩) masculine or feminine?

The word Taish (⁨תיש⁩) is a masculine noun, and its plural is ⁨תְּיָשִׁים⁩.

The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry תיש of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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