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Barn owl in Hebrew is תִּנְשֶׁמֶת (tinshemet).

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

תִּנְשֶׁמֶת
tinshemet
noun · feminine
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In English

barn owl

/ˈbɑːn ˌaʊl/ /ˈbɑɹn ˌaʊəl/

English words in HebrewWords starting with B

These are the Hebrew words for barn owl as a noun.

Tyto alba

This is more about the Hebrew word תִּנְשֶׁמֶת.

Written with vowel points
תִּנְשֶׁמֶת
Written without vowel points
תנשמת
Said
tinshemet
Plural
תִּנְשָׁמוֹת
Its meanings in English
barn owl, barn owl, the bird Tyto alba

The Hebrew dictionary's page for תנשמת, with its synonyms and rhymes

These English words share a Hebrew word with barn owl.

These words come before and after barn owl in the list.

These are the questions people ask about ⁨barn owl⁩ in Hebrew.

How do you say ⁨barn owl⁩ in Hebrew?

⁨barn owl⁩ in Hebrew is ⁨תִּנְשֶׁמֶת⁩, said tinshemet. Without vowel points it is written ⁨תנשמת⁩. Its plural is ⁨תִּנְשָׁמוֹת⁩.

Is ⁨תנשמת⁩ masculine or feminine?

The word ⁨תנשמת⁩ is feminine.

What else does ⁨תנשמת⁩ mean in English?

Besides ⁨barn owl⁩, ⁨תנשמת⁩ can mean ⁨barn owl, the bird Tyto alba⁩.

How is ⁨barn owl⁩ pronounced in English?

⁨barn owl⁩ is pronounced ⁨/ˈbɑːn ˌaʊl/, /ˈbɑɹn ˌaʊəl/⁩.

The Hebrew translations, transliterations, genders and plurals on this page are adapted from Wiktionary's entry barn owl 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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