Between a rock and a hard place in Hebrew is בֵּין הַפַּטִּישׁ וְהַסַּדָּן (bein hapatísh vehasadán).
Below are its vowel points, how it is said, its gender and its plural.
בֵּין הַפַּטִּישׁ וְהַסַּדָּן
bein hapatísh vehasadán
phrase
In English
between a rock and a hard place
The stress falls on the vowel in colour.
These are the Hebrew words for the phrase between a rock and a hard place.
in a difficult and inescapable position
- בֵּין הַפַּטִּישׁ וְהַסַּדָּןבין הפטיש והסדןbein hapatísh vehasadán
This is more about the Hebrew word בֵּין הַפַּטִּישׁ וְהַסַּדָּן.
- Written with vowel points
- בֵּין הַפַּטִּישׁ וְהַסַּדָּן
- Written without vowel points
- בין הפטיש והסדן
- Said
- bein hapatísh vehasadán
- Its meanings in English
- between a rock and a hard place, caught between the devil and the deep blue sea, between a rock and a hard place
These words come before and after between a rock and a hard place in the list.
These are the questions people ask about between a rock and a hard place in Hebrew.
How do you say between a rock and a hard place in Hebrew?
between a rock and a hard place in Hebrew is בֵּין הַפַּטִּישׁ וְהַסַּדָּן, said bein hapatísh vehasadán. Without vowel points it is written בין הפטיש והסדן.
What else does בין הפטיש והסדן mean in English?
Besides between a rock and a hard place, בין הפטיש והסדן can mean caught between the devil and the deep blue sea, between a rock and a hard place.
The Hebrew translations, transliterations, genders and plurals on this page are adapted from Wiktionary's entry between a rock and a hard place 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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