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Talmid (תלמיד) means student in Hebrew.

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

תַּלְמִיד
talmid
noun · masculine
In English

student, pupil

The stress falls on the part in bold.

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The dictionary gives 2 meanings for Talmid.

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

  1. 1
    לשון המקראאדם הלומד, בדרך כלל מפי מורה או מדרכו.
    וַיַּפִּילוּ גּוֹרָלוֹת מִשְׁמֶרֶת לְעֻמַּת כַּקָּטֹן כַּגָּדוֹל מֵבִין עִם תַּלְמִיד
  2. 2
    חניך בית ספר צעיר.

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

The word Talmid is a masculine noun.

Written with vowel points
תַּלְמִיד
Written without vowel points
תלמיד
Said
talmid
Root
ל־מ־ד
Pattern
תַּקְטִיל
Plural
תַּלְמִידִים
Feminine form
תַּלְמִידָה
Inflections
ר' תַּלְמִידִים; תַּלְמִיד־, ר' תַּלְמִידי־, נ' תַּלְמִידָה, נ"ר תַּלְמִידוֹת
Gematria
484

This is how Talmid is said in other languages.

English
student, pupil
Arabic
طَالِب, تلميذ
Russian
ученик
French
élève, écolier
Spanish
alumno, estudiante, aprendiz
German
Lernender, Schüler
Yiddish
תּלמיד, סטודענט

These words mean nearly the same as Talmid.

These words mean the opposite of Talmid.

  • מורה
  • מרצה
  • רב

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These words rhyme with Talmid.

The word Talmid is part of these phrases and sayings.

  • מועצת תלמידים
  • תלמיד חבר
  • תלמיד חכם
  • התלמיד עולה על רבו

A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.

The word Talmid comes from the root ל־מ־ד, like these words.

These words come before and after Talmid in the dictionary.

These are the questions people ask about the word Talmid.

What does Talmid (⁨תלמיד⁩) mean in Hebrew?

Talmid (⁨תלמיד⁩) means student and pupil. It is said talmid, with the stress on mid.

What is a synonym for Talmid (⁨תלמיד⁩)?

Words that mean nearly the same as Talmid (⁨תלמיד⁩) are ⁨חניך⁩ and ⁨סטודנט⁩.

What is the opposite of Talmid (⁨תלמיד⁩)?

Words that mean the opposite of Talmid (⁨תלמיד⁩) are ⁨מורה⁩, ⁨מרצה⁩, and ⁨רב⁩.

What rhymes with Talmid (⁨תלמיד⁩)?

Words that rhyme with Talmid (⁨תלמיד⁩) include ⁨עתיד⁩, ⁨יחיד⁩, ⁨שריד⁩, ⁨פקיד⁩, ⁨גיד⁩, and ⁨קליד⁩.

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

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