Tsa'ar (צער) means sorrow in Hebrew.
It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
sorrow
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives 2 meanings for Tsa'ar.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1מועקה נפשית, עוגמת נפש; תחושת אובדן או החמצה.
- 2קושי.
The word Tsa'ar is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- צַעַר
- Written without vowel points
- צער
- Said
- tsa'ar
- Root
- צ־ע־ר
- Pattern
- קֶטֶל
- Gematria
- 360
This is how Tsa'ar is said in other languages.
- English
- sorrow
- Spanish
- angustia, dolor, dificultad
These words mean nearly the same as Tsa'ar.
- דאבון לב
- דיכדוךdismay
- דכוא
- יגון
- באסהbummer
- יאוש
- עוגמת נפש
- עצב
- צביטה בלב
- רוח נכאה
- שברון לב
- מכמיר לב
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These words mean the opposite of Tsa'ar.
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words rhyme with Tsa'ar.
The word Tsa'ar is part of these phrases and sayings.
- צער בעלי חיים
- צער גידול בנים
- לפום צערא אגרא
- טובה אחת בצער ממאה שלא בצער
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
The word Tsa'ar comes from the root צ־ע־ר, like these words.
These words come before and after Tsa'ar in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Tsa'ar.
What does Tsa'ar (צער) mean in Hebrew?
Tsa'ar (צער) means sorrow. It is said tsa'ar, with the stress on tsa'.
What is a synonym for Tsa'ar (צער)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Tsa'ar (צער) are דאבון לב, דיכדוך, דכוא, יגון, באסה, and יאוש.
What is the opposite of Tsa'ar (צער)?
Words that mean the opposite of Tsa'ar (צער) are גיל, חדווה, צהלה, רון, רינה, and שמחה.
What rhymes with Tsa'ar (צער)?
Words that rhyme with Tsa'ar (צער) include שער, נער, יער, שער, בער, and סער.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry צער of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.