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Truma (תרומה) means contribution in Hebrew.

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

תְּרוּמָה
truma
noun · feminine
In English

contribution, donation

The stress falls on the part in bold.

The Hebrew dictionaryWords starting with ת

The dictionary gives one meaning for Truma.

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

  1. 1
    דבר מה אשר ניתן או מוצע מרצון וברוח טובה, בדרך כלל ללא תמורה חומרית.
    קְחוּ מֵאִתְּכֶם תְּרוּמָה לַיהֹוָה כֹּל נְדִיב לִבּוֹ יְבִיאֶהָ אֵת תְּרוּמַת יְהֹוָה זָהָב וָכֶסֶף וּנְחֹשֶׁת.

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

The word Truma is a feminine noun.

Written with vowel points
תְּרוּמָה
Written without vowel points
תרומה
Said
truma
Root
ר־ו־מ
Pattern
תְּקוּלָה
Plural
תְּרוּמוֹת
Inflections
ר' תְּרוּמוֹת
Gematria
651

This is how Truma is said in other languages.

English
contribution, donation
Arabic
تَبَرُّع
French
contribution
German
bijdrage

These words mean nearly the same as Truma.

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

These words mean the opposite of Truma.

  • אילוץ
  • כפייה

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These words rhyme with Truma.

The word Truma is part of these phrases and sayings.

  • תרומה גדולה
  • תרומת מעשר

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

The word Truma comes from the root ר־ו־מ, like these words.

These words come before and after Truma in the dictionary.

These are the questions people ask about the word Truma.

What does Truma (⁨תרומה⁩) mean in Hebrew?

Truma (⁨תרומה⁩) means contribution and donation. It is said truma, with the stress on ma.

What is a synonym for Truma (⁨תרומה⁩)?

Words that mean nearly the same as Truma (⁨תרומה⁩) are ⁨נדבה⁩, ⁨מנחה⁩, ⁨מענק⁩, ⁨מתנה⁩, ⁨בקשיש⁩, and ⁨תרומיה⁩.

What is the opposite of Truma (⁨תרומה⁩)?

Words that mean the opposite of Truma (⁨תרומה⁩) are ⁨אילוץ⁩ and ⁨כפייה⁩.

What rhymes with Truma (⁨תרומה⁩)?

Words that rhyme with Truma (⁨תרומה⁩) include ⁨אדמה⁩, ⁨רקמה⁩, ⁨מלחמה⁩, ⁨בהמה⁩, ⁨אומה⁩, and ⁨רמה⁩.

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

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