Zim (זים) means gill in Hebrew.
It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
זִים
zim
noun · masculine
In English
gill
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Zim.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1איבר הנשימה של בעלי החיים הימיים.
The word Zim is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- זִים
- Written without vowel points
- זים
- Said
- zim
- Root
- ז־מ־מ
- Pattern
- קִיל
- Plural
- זִימִים
- Inflections
- ר' זִימִים, נ"י: זִים-, נ"ר: זִימֵי-
- Gematria
- 57
This is how Zim is said in other languages.
- English
- gill
These words mean nearly the same as Zim.
- אגיד
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words rhyme with Zim.
The word Zim comes from the root ז־מ־מ, like these words.
These words come before and after Zim in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Zim.
What does Zim (זים) mean in Hebrew?
Zim (זים) means gill. It is said zim, with the stress on zim.
What is a synonym for Zim (זים)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Zim (זים) are אגיד.
What rhymes with Zim (זים)?
Words that rhyme with Zim (זים) include חיים, אלוהים, פנים, עם, תמים, and אקלים.
Is Zim (זים) masculine or feminine?
The word Zim (זים) is a masculine noun, and its plural is זִימִים.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry זים of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.