Yanu'ar (ינואר) means January in Hebrew.
It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
יָנוּאָר
yanu'ar
noun · masculine
In English
January
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives 2 meanings for Yanu'ar.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1החודש הראשון בשנה האזרחית, החודש הפותח את לוח השנה הגרגורייני, הנוצרי. כולל 31 ימים. מגיע אחרי דצמבר, ולפני פברואר.
- 2Ianuarius. שמו של החודש גזור משמו של האל יאנוס במיתולוגיה הרומית.
The word Yanu'ar is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- יָנוּאָר
- Written without vowel points
- ינואר
- Said
- yanu'ar
- Gematria
- 267
This is how Yanu'ar is said in other languages.
- English
- January
- Arabic
- يناير, كانون الثاني
- Russian
- январь
- German
- Januar
These words come before and after Yanu'ar in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Yanu'ar.
What does Yanu'ar (ינואר) mean in Hebrew?
Yanu'ar (ינואר) means January. It is said yanu'ar, with the stress on ya.
Is Yanu'ar (ינואר) masculine or feminine?
The word Yanu'ar (ינואר) is a masculine noun.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry ינואר of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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