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Yayin (יין) means wine in Hebrew.

It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.

יַיִן
yayin
noun · masculine
In English

wine

The stress falls on the part in bold.

The Hebrew dictionaryWords starting with י

The dictionary gives 2 meanings for Yayin.

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

  1. 1
    משקה אלכוהולי המופק מענבים.
    וַיֵּשְׁתְּ מִן הַיַּיִן וַיִּשְׁכָּר וַיִּתְגַּל בְּתוֹךְ אָהֳלֹה
  2. 2
    שם כללי למשקה אלכוהולי המופק מפירות שונים.

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

The word Yayin is a masculine noun.

Written with vowel points
יַיִן
Written without vowel points
יין
Said
yayin
Pattern
קַיִל
Plural
יֵינוֹת
Inflections
ר' יֵינוֹת; יֵין־, ר' יֵינֵי־
Gematria
70

This is how Yayin is said in other languages.

English
wine
Arabic
خَمْر
Russian
вино
German
Wein

These words mean nearly the same as Yayin.

  • חמר
  • דם ענבים

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These words rhyme with Yayin.

The word Yayin is part of these phrases and sayings.

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This is where the word Yayin comes from.

מקביל ללשונות שמיות קרובות: אוגריתית (ינ); עברית של ממלכת ישראל (ין); בכנענית בתעתיק אכדי: ye-nu; אכדית: inu. בנוסף, מקביל גם ללשונות הודו־אירופיות: יוונית עתיקה: οἶνος; לטינית קלאסית: vinum (וממנה לשאר לשונות אירופה - אנגלית: wine; ספרדית: vino; גרמנית: wein; צרפתית: vin).

These words come before and after Yayin in the dictionary.

These are the questions people ask about the word Yayin.

What does Yayin (⁨יין⁩) mean in Hebrew?

Yayin (⁨יין⁩) means wine. It is said yayin, with the stress on ya.

What is a synonym for Yayin (⁨יין⁩)?

Words that mean nearly the same as Yayin (⁨יין⁩) are ⁨חמר⁩ and ⁨דם ענבים⁩.

What rhymes with Yayin (⁨יין⁩)?

Words that rhyme with Yayin (⁨יין⁩) include ⁨עין⁩, ⁨עין⁩, ⁨זין⁩, ⁨עדיין⁩, ⁨מנין⁩, and ⁨קין⁩.

Is Yayin (⁨יין⁩) masculine or feminine?

The word Yayin (⁨יין⁩) is a masculine noun, and its plural is ⁨יֵינוֹת⁩.

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

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