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Bury one's head in the sand in Hebrew is טָמַן רֹאשׁוֹ בַּחוֹל (tamán roshó baḥól).

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

טָמַן רֹאשׁוֹ בַּחוֹל
tamán roshó baḥól
verb
In English

bury one's head in the sand

The stress falls on the vowel in colour.

English words in HebrewWords starting with B

These are the Hebrew words for bury one's head in the sand as a verb.

to deliberately ignore the reality of a situation

  • טָמַן רֹאשׁוֹ בַּחוֹלטמן ראשו בחולtamán roshó baḥól

This is more about the Hebrew word טָמַן רֹאשׁוֹ בַּחוֹל.

Written with vowel points
טָמַן רֹאשׁוֹ בַּחוֹל
Written without vowel points
טמן ראשו בחול
Said
tamán roshó baḥól
Its meanings in English
bury one's head in the sand, to bury one's head in the sand

These words come before and after bury one's head in the sand in the list.

These are the questions people ask about ⁨bury one's head in the sand⁩ in Hebrew.

How do you say ⁨bury one's head in the sand⁩ in Hebrew?

⁨bury one's head in the sand⁩ in Hebrew is ⁨טָמַן רֹאשׁוֹ בַּחוֹל⁩, said tamán roshó baḥól. Without vowel points it is written ⁨טמן ראשו בחול⁩.

What else does ⁨טמן ראשו בחול⁩ mean in English?

Besides ⁨bury one's head in the sand⁩, ⁨טמן ראשו בחול⁩ can mean ⁨to bury one's head in the sand⁩.

The Hebrew translations, transliterations, genders and plurals on this page are adapted from Wiktionary's entry bury one's head in the sand 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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