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Tnuch (תנוך) means earlobe in Hebrew.

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

תְּנוּךְ
tnuch
noun · masculine
In English

earlobe

The stress falls on the part in bold.

The Hebrew dictionaryWords starting with ת

The dictionary gives one meaning for Tnuch.

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

  1. 1
    החלק התחתון הרך באפרכסת האוזן.
    וְלָקַחְתָּ מִדָּמוֹ וְנָתַתָּה עַל תְּנוּךְ אֹזֶן אַהֲרֹן וְעַל תְּנוּךְ אֹזֶן בָּנָיו הַיְמָנִית וְעַל בֹּהֶן יָדָם הַיְמָנִית וְעַל בֹּהֶן רַגְלָם הַיְמָנִית

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

The word Tnuch is a masculine noun.

Written with vowel points
תְּנוּךְ
Written without vowel points
תנוך
Said
tnuch
Root
ת־נ־כ
Pattern
קְטוּל
Plural
תְּנוּכִים
Inflections
ר' תְּנוּכִים
Gematria
476

This is how Tnuch is said in other languages.

English
earlobe
Arabic
شَحْمَة الأُذُن

These words mean nearly the same as Tnuch.

  • אליה
  • בדל אזן

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These words rhyme with Tnuch.

These words come before and after Tnuch in the dictionary.

These are the questions people ask about the word Tnuch.

What does Tnuch (⁨תנוך⁩) mean in Hebrew?

Tnuch (⁨תנוך⁩) means earlobe. It is said tnuch, with the stress on tnuch.

What is a synonym for Tnuch (⁨תנוך⁩)?

Words that mean nearly the same as Tnuch (⁨תנוך⁩) are ⁨אליה⁩ and ⁨בדל אזן⁩.

What rhymes with Tnuch (⁨תנוך⁩)?

Words that rhyme with Tnuch (⁨תנוך⁩) include ⁨חינוך⁩, ⁨נמוך⁩, ⁨ברוך⁩, ⁨לכלוך⁩, ⁨דרוך⁩, and ⁨חיכוך⁩.

Is Tnuch (⁨תנוך⁩) masculine or feminine?

The word Tnuch (⁨תנוך⁩) is a masculine noun, and its plural is ⁨תְּנוּכִים⁩.

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

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