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Black eye in Hebrew is פַּנָּס (panás).

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

פַּנָּס
panás
noun · masculine
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In English

black eye

/ˌblæk ˈaɪ/

The stress falls on the vowel in colour.

English words in HebrewWords starting with B

These are the Hebrew words for black eye as a noun.

bruised eye

This is more about the Hebrew word פַּנָּס.

Written with vowel points
פַּנָּס
Written without vowel points
פנס
Said
panás
Plural
פַּנָּסִים
Its meanings in English
black eye, a lantern, a lamp, a flashlight, a torch

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

These English words share a Hebrew word with black eye.

These words come before and after black eye in the list.

These are the questions people ask about ⁨black eye⁩ in Hebrew.

How do you say ⁨black eye⁩ in Hebrew?

⁨black eye⁩ in Hebrew is ⁨פַּנָּס⁩, said panás. Without vowel points it is written ⁨פנס⁩. Its plural is ⁨פַּנָּסִים⁩.

Is ⁨פנס⁩ masculine or feminine?

The word ⁨פנס⁩ is masculine.

What else does ⁨פנס⁩ mean in English?

Besides ⁨black eye⁩, ⁨פנס⁩ can mean ⁨a lantern, a lamp, a flashlight, and a torch⁩.

How is ⁨black eye⁩ pronounced in English?

⁨black eye⁩ is pronounced ⁨/ˌblæk ˈaɪ/⁩.

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