Black Sea in Hebrew is הַיָּם הַשָּׁחֹר (ha-yam ha-shakhór).
Below are its vowel points, how it is said, its gender and its plural.
הַיָּם הַשָּׁחֹר
ha-yam ha-shakhór
name · masculine
In English
Black Sea
The stress falls on the vowel in colour.
These are the Hebrew words for Black Sea as a name.
an inland sea between southeastern Europe and Asia Minor
- הַיָּם הַשָּׁחֹרהים השחרha-yam ha-shakhórmasculine
These English words share a Hebrew word with Black Sea.
These words come before and after Black Sea in the list.
These are the questions people ask about Black Sea in Hebrew.
How do you say Black Sea in Hebrew?
Black Sea in Hebrew is הַיָּם הַשָּׁחֹר, said ha-yam ha-shakhór. Without vowel points it is written הים השחר.
Is הים השחר masculine or feminine?
The word הים השחר is masculine.
The Hebrew translations, transliterations, genders and plurals on this page are adapted from Wiktionary's entry Black Sea 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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