Yesh lo rosh al haktefaim (יש לו ראש על הכתפיים) means have a good head on his shoulders in Hebrew.
It is a word, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
יֵש לוֹ רֹאש עַל הַכְּתֵפַיִם
yesh lo rosh al haktefaim
word
In English
have a good head on his shoulders
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Yesh lo rosh al haktefaim.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1לשון מדוברתאינטליגנט, נבון, מבין עניין, בעל שכל ישר, הגיוני.
The word Yesh lo rosh al haktefaim is a word.
- Written with vowel points
- יֵש לוֹ רֹאש עַל הַכְּתֵפַיִם
- Written without vowel points
- יש לו ראש על הכתפיים
- Said
- yesh lo rosh al haktefaim
- Gematria
- 1,512
This is how Yesh lo rosh al haktefaim is said in other languages.
- English
- have a good head on his shoulders
- Yiddish
- האָבּן אַ קָאפּ אויף די פלייצעס
These words mean the opposite of Yesh lo rosh al haktefaim.
- אסטרונאוטastronaut
- מעופף
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These words come before and after Yesh lo rosh al haktefaim in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Yesh lo rosh al haktefaim.
What does Yesh lo rosh al haktefaim (יש לו ראש על הכתפיים) mean in Hebrew?
Yesh lo rosh al haktefaim (יש לו ראש על הכתפיים) means have a good head on his shoulders. It is said yesh lo rosh al haktefaim, with the stress on yesh.
What is the opposite of Yesh lo rosh al haktefaim (יש לו ראש על הכתפיים)?
Words that mean the opposite of Yesh lo rosh al haktefaim (יש לו ראש על הכתפיים) are אסטרונאוט and מעופף.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry ראש על הכתפים of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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