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Billy goat in Hebrew is תַּיִשׁ (táyish).

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

תַּיִשׁ
táyish
noun · masculine
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In English

billy goat

The stress falls on the vowel in colour.

English words in HebrewWords starting with B

These are the Hebrew words for billy goat as a noun.

male goat

This is more about the Hebrew word תַּיִשׁ.

Written with vowel points
תַּיִשׁ
Written without vowel points
תיש
Said
táyish
Plural
תיישים
Feminine form
עֵז
Its meanings in English
billy goat, male goat, he-goat, billy goat

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

These English words share a Hebrew word with billy goat.

These words come before and after billy goat in the list.

These are the questions people ask about ⁨billy goat⁩ in Hebrew.

How do you say ⁨billy goat⁩ in Hebrew?

⁨billy goat⁩ in Hebrew is ⁨תַּיִשׁ⁩, said táyish. Without vowel points it is written ⁨תיש⁩. Its plural is ⁨תיישים⁩.

Is ⁨תיש⁩ masculine or feminine?

The word ⁨תיש⁩ is masculine. Its feminine form is ⁨עֵז⁩.

What else does ⁨תיש⁩ mean in English?

Besides ⁨billy goat⁩, ⁨תיש⁩ can mean ⁨male goat, he-goat, billy goat⁩.

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