Yoresh 'etser (יורש עצר) means heir in Hebrew.
It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
יוֹרֵשׁ עֶצֶר
yoresh 'etser
noun · masculine
In English
heir
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Yoresh 'etser.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1מי שעתיד לעלות על כסא־המלכות ברגע שיתפנה.
וַיֵּלְכוּ חֲמֵשֶׁת הָאֲנָשִׁים וַיָּבֹאוּ לָיְשָׁה וַיִּרְאוּ אֶת-הָעָם אֲשֶׁר-בְּקִרְבָּהּ יוֹשֶׁבֶת-לָבֶטַח כְּמִשְׁפַּט צִדֹנִים שֹׁקֵט וּבֹטֵחַ וְאֵין-מַכְלִים דָּבָר בָּאָרֶץ יוֹרֵשׁ עֶצֶר וּרְחֹקִים הֵמָּה מִצִּדֹנִים וְדָבָר אֵין-לָהֶם עִם-אָדָם
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Yoresh 'etser is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- יוֹרֵשׁ עֶצֶר
- Written without vowel points
- יורש עצר
- Said
- yoresh 'etser
- Feminine form
- יוֹרֶשֶׁת עֶצֶר ר' יוֹרְשֵׁי עֶצֶר
- Inflections
- נ' יוֹרֶשֶׁת עֶצֶר ר' יוֹרְשֵׁי עֶצֶר
- Gematria
- 876
This is how Yoresh 'etser is said in other languages.
- English
- heir
- Arabic
- ولي العهد
These words come before and after Yoresh 'etser in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Yoresh 'etser.
What does Yoresh 'etser (יורש עצר) mean in Hebrew?
Yoresh 'etser (יורש עצר) means heir. It is said yoresh 'etser, with the stress on resh.
Is Yoresh 'etser (יורש עצר) masculine or feminine?
The word Yoresh 'etser (יורש עצר) is a masculine noun.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry יורש עצר of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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