Ask for someone's hand in marriage in Hebrew is בִּקֵּשׁ יָד (biqqésh yad).
Below are its vowel points, how it is said, its gender and its plural.
בִּקֵּשׁ יָד
biqqésh yad
verb
In English
ask for someone's hand in marriage
The stress falls on the vowel in colour.
These are the Hebrew words for ask for someone's hand in marriage as a verb.
to propose marriage
- בִּקֵּשׁ יָדבקש ידbiqqésh yad
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How do you say ask for someone's hand in marriage in Hebrew?
ask for someone's hand in marriage in Hebrew is בִּקֵּשׁ יָד, said biqqésh yad. Without vowel points it is written בקש יד.
The Hebrew translations, transliterations, genders and plurals on this page are adapted from Wiktionary's entry ask for someone's hand in marriage 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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