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Zahav (זהב) means gold in Hebrew.

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

זָהָב
zahav
noun · masculine
In English

gold

The stress falls on the part in bold.

The Hebrew dictionaryWords starting with ז

The dictionary gives 3 meanings for Zahav.

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

  1. 1
    יסוד כימי מתכתי נדיר ויקר שסימולו הכימי Au, מספרו האטומי 79 ומצב צבירתו בטמפרטורת החדר הוא מוצק.
    שֵׁם הָאֶחָד, פִּישׁוֹן; הוּא הַסֹּבֵב אֵת כָּל־אֶרֶץ הַחֲוִילָה, אֲשֶׁר־שָׁם הַזָּהָב. וּזֲהַב הָאָרֶץ הַהִוא טוֹב; שָׁם הַבְּדֹלַח וְאֶבֶן הַשֹּׁהַם.
  2. 2
    גוון של הצבע הצהוב, קרוב לזה של המתכת זהב (1).
  3. 3
    בהשאלהיקר ערך, נדיר.

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

The word Zahav is a masculine noun.

Written with vowel points
זָהָב
Written without vowel points
זהב
Said
zahav
Root
ז־ה־ב
Pattern
קָטָל
Inflections
זְהַב־
Gematria
14

This is how Zahav is said in other languages.

English
gold
Arabic
ذَهَب
Russian
золото
French
or
Spanish
oro
German
Gold
Yiddish
גאָלד

These words mean nearly the same as Zahav.

A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.

These words rhyme with Zahav.

The word Zahav is part of these phrases and sayings.

  • גיל הזהב
  • הבהלה לזהב
  • זהב אדום
  • זהב ירוק
  • זהב לבן
  • זהב נורדי
  • זהב סגור
  • זהב פרוים
  • זהב שחוט
  • זהב שחור
  • חתונת זהב
  • ירושלים של זהב
  • לא כל הנוצץ זהב הוא
  • לב זהב
  • ידי זהב
  • מדלית זהב
  • מי זהב
  • מכרה זהב
  • נולד עם כפית זהב בפה
  • עגל הזהב

A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.

The word Zahav comes from the root ז־ה־ב, like these words.

These words come before and after Zahav in the dictionary.

These are the questions people ask about the word Zahav.

What does Zahav (⁨זהב⁩) mean in Hebrew?

Zahav (⁨זהב⁩) means gold. It is said zahav, with the stress on hav.

What is a synonym for Zahav (⁨זהב⁩)?

Words that mean nearly the same as Zahav (⁨זהב⁩) are ⁨חרוץ⁩, ⁨פז⁩, and ⁨סגור⁩.

What rhymes with Zahav (⁨זהב⁩)?

Words that rhyme with Zahav (⁨זהב⁩) include ⁨רב⁩, ⁨חלב⁩, ⁨מצב⁩, ⁨כוכב⁩, ⁨קו⁩, and ⁨אב⁩.

Is Zahav (⁨זהב⁩) masculine or feminine?

The word Zahav (⁨זהב⁩) is a masculine noun.

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

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