Breathe in Hebrew is נָשַׁם (nashám).
Below are its vowel points, how it is said, its gender and its plural.
נָשַׁם
nashám
verb
In English
breathe
/bɹiːð/ /bɹið/
The stress falls on the vowel in colour.
These are the Hebrew words for breathe as a verb.
to draw air in and out
- נָשַׁםנשםnashám
to exchange gases in similar way
- נָשַׁםנשםnashám
to draw into lungs
- נָשַׁםנשםnashám
This is more about the Hebrew word נָשַׁם.
- Written with vowel points
- נָשַׁם
- Written without vowel points
- נשם
- Said
- nashám
- Its meanings in English
- breathe, to breathe
These words come before and after breathe in the list.
These are the questions people ask about breathe in Hebrew.
How do you say breathe in Hebrew?
breathe in Hebrew is נָשַׁם, said nashám. Without vowel points it is written נשם.
What else does נשם mean in English?
Besides breathe, נשם can mean to breathe.
How is breathe pronounced in English?
breathe is pronounced /bɹiːð/, /bɹið/.
The Hebrew translations, transliterations, genders and plurals on this page are adapted from Wiktionary's entry breathe 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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