Ya'ar (יער) means forest in Hebrew.
It can also mean woods. It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
forest, woods
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Ya'ar.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1גידול טבעי וסבוך של עצים רבים.
וַאֲשֶׁר יָבֹא אֶת־רֵעֵהוּ בַיַּעַר, לַחְטֹב עֵצִים, וְנִדְּחָה יָדוֹ בַגַּרְזֶן לִכְרֹת הָעֵץ, וְנָשַׁל הַבַּרְזֶל מִן־הָעֵץ וּמָצָא אֶת־רֵעֵהוּ וָמֵת...
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Ya'ar is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- יַעַר
- Written without vowel points
- יער
- Said
- ya'ar
- Root
- י־ע־ר
- Pattern
- קֶטֶל
- Plural
- יְעָרוֹת גם יְעָרִים
- Inflections
- ר' יְעָרוֹת גם יְעָרִים; יַעַר־, ר' יַעֲרוֹת־ או יַעֲרֵי; כ' יַעֲרִי
- Gematria
- 280
This is how Ya'ar is said in other languages.
- English
- forest, woods
- Arabic
- غابة
- Russian
- лес
- French
- forêt, brousse, sylve, bois
- Spanish
- bosque, selva, foresta
- German
- Wald, Forst, Gehölz, Hain
- Yiddish
- וואַלד
These words rhyme with Ya'ar.
The word Ya'ar is part of these phrases and sayings.
- יער גשם
- לא דובים ולא יער
- מעבה היער
- מרוב עצים לא רואים את היער
- קרחת יער
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The word Ya'ar comes from the root י־ע־ר, like these words.
This is where the word Ya'ar comes from.
אכדית בהגיית - גוּרֻ (gūru) מואבית - יער yʕr, בהוראת חושה, חורשה, סבך פיניקית - יֳר yr, י'אר jar סורית קלאסית - יער, יערא ܝܥܪ, (yˁr, yˁrˀ). ערבית - השווה وَعْر וַעִר, בהוראת - שטח צחיח המאופיין בשחיקה קשה של סלעי משקע.
These words come before and after Ya'ar in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Ya'ar.
What does Ya'ar (יער) mean in Hebrew?
Ya'ar (יער) means forest and woods. It is said ya'ar, with the stress on ya'.
What rhymes with Ya'ar (יער)?
Words that rhyme with Ya'ar (יער) include שער, צער, נער, שער, בער, and סער.
Is Ya'ar (יער) masculine or feminine?
The word Ya'ar (יער) is a masculine noun, and its plural is יְעָרוֹת גם יְעָרִים.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry יער of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.