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Agony in Hebrew is יִסּוּרִים (yissurím).

Below are its vowel points, how it is said, its gender and its plural.

יִסּוּרִים
yissurím
noun · masculine
In English

agony

/ˈæɡ.ə.ni/ /ˈeɪ̯ɡ.ə.ni/

The stress falls on the vowel in colour.

English words in HebrewWords starting with A

These are the Hebrew words for agony as a noun.

extreme pain

  • יִסּוּרִיםיסוריםyissurímmasculineplural

These English words share a Hebrew word with agony.

These words come before and after agony in the list.

These are the questions people ask about ⁨agony⁩ in Hebrew.

How do you say ⁨agony⁩ in Hebrew?

⁨agony⁩ in Hebrew is ⁨יִסּוּרִים⁩, said yissurím. Without vowel points it is written ⁨יסורים⁩.

Is ⁨יסורים⁩ masculine or feminine?

The word ⁨יסורים⁩ is masculine.

How is ⁨agony⁩ pronounced in English?

⁨agony⁩ is pronounced ⁨/ˈæɡ.ə.ni/, /ˈeɪ̯ɡ.ə.ni/⁩.

The Hebrew translations, transliterations, genders and plurals on this page are adapted from Wiktionary's entry agony and its entries for the Hebrew words, read on 5 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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