Tsa'ar ba'aley khayim (צער בעלי חיים) means cruelty to animals in Hebrew.
It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
צַעַר בַּעֲלֵי חַיִּים
tsa'ar ba'aley khayim
noun · masculine
In English
cruelty to animals
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Tsa'ar ba'aley khayim.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1איסור פגיעה, התעללות, או גרימת סבל מיותר לבעלי חיים.
The word Tsa'ar ba'aley khayim is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- צַעַר בַּעֲלֵי חַיִּים
- Written without vowel points
- צער בעלי חיים
- Said
- tsa'ar ba'aley khayim
- Gematria
- 540
This is how Tsa'ar ba'aley khayim is said in other languages.
- English
- cruelty to animals
- Russian
- Жестокое обращение с животными
- Spanish
- crueldad hacia los animales
- German
- Tierquälerei
These words come before and after Tsa'ar ba'aley khayim in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Tsa'ar ba'aley khayim.
What does Tsa'ar ba'aley khayim (צער בעלי חיים) mean in Hebrew?
Tsa'ar ba'aley khayim (צער בעלי חיים) means cruelty to animals. It is said tsa'ar ba'aley khayim, with the stress on tsa'.
Is Tsa'ar ba'aley khayim (צער בעלי חיים) masculine or feminine?
The word Tsa'ar ba'aley khayim (צער בעלי חיים) is a masculine noun.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry צער בעלי חיים of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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