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Beef in Hebrew is בָּקָר (baqár).

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

בָּקָר
baqár
noun · masculine
In English

beef

/biːf/ /bif/

The stress falls on the vowel in colour.

English words in HebrewWords starting with B

These are the Hebrew words for beef as a noun.

meat

  • בָּקָרבקרbaqármasculine

This is more about the Hebrew word בָּקָר.

Written with vowel points
בָּקָר
Written without vowel points
בקר
Said
baqár
Plural
בְּקָרִים
Its meanings in English
beef, bovine, cattle

These English words share a Hebrew word with beef.

These words come before and after beef in the list.

These are the questions people ask about ⁨beef⁩ in Hebrew.

How do you say ⁨beef⁩ in Hebrew?

⁨beef⁩ in Hebrew is ⁨בָּקָר⁩, said baqár. Without vowel points it is written ⁨בקר⁩. Its plural is ⁨בְּקָרִים⁩.

Is ⁨בקר⁩ masculine or feminine?

The word ⁨בקר⁩ is masculine.

What else does ⁨בקר⁩ mean in English?

Besides ⁨beef⁩, ⁨בקר⁩ can mean ⁨bovine, cattle⁩.

How is ⁨beef⁩ pronounced in English?

⁨beef⁩ is pronounced ⁨/biːf/, /bif/⁩.

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