Chairperson in Hebrew is יוֹשֵׁב רֹאשׁ (yoshév rosh).
Below are its vowel points, how it is said, its gender and its plural.
יוֹשֵׁב רֹאשׁ
yoshév rosh
noun · masculine
In English
chairperson
The stress falls on the vowel in colour.
These are the Hebrew words for chairperson as a noun.
a person who presides over a meeting, a board
- יוֹשֵׁב רֹאשׁיושב ראשyoshév roshmasculine
This is more about the Hebrew word יוֹשֵׁב רֹאשׁ.
- Written with vowel points
- יוֹשֵׁב רֹאשׁ
- Written without vowel points
- יושב ראש
- Said
- yoshév rosh
- Its meanings in English
- chairperson, chairman
These English words share a Hebrew word with chairperson.
These words come before and after chairperson in the list.
These are the questions people ask about chairperson in Hebrew.
How do you say chairperson in Hebrew?
chairperson in Hebrew is יוֹשֵׁב רֹאשׁ, said yoshév rosh. Without vowel points it is written יושב ראש.
Is יושב ראש masculine or feminine?
The word יושב ראש is masculine.
What else does יושב ראש mean in English?
Besides chairperson, יושב ראש can mean chairman.
The Hebrew translations, transliterations, genders and plurals on this page are adapted from Wiktionary's entry chairperson 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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