Cheek in Hebrew is לֶחִי (lekhí).
Below are its vowel points, how it is said, its gender and its plural.
לֶחִי
lekhí
noun · masculine
In English
cheek
/t͡ʃiːk/
The stress falls on the vowel in colour.
These are the Hebrew words for cheek as a noun.
part of face
- לֶחִילחיlekhímasculine
This is more about the Hebrew word לֶחִי.
- Written with vowel points
- לֶחִי
- Written without vowel points
- לחי
- Said
- lekhí
- Plural
- לְחָיַיִם
- Its meanings in English
- cheek, jaw, doorpost
These words come before and after cheek in the list.
These are the questions people ask about cheek in Hebrew.
How do you say cheek in Hebrew?
cheek in Hebrew is לֶחִי, said lekhí. Without vowel points it is written לחי. Its plural is לְחָיַיִם.
Is לחי masculine or feminine?
The word לחי is masculine.
What else does לחי mean in English?
Besides cheek, לחי can mean jaw and doorpost.
How is cheek pronounced in English?
cheek is pronounced /t͡ʃiːk/.
The Hebrew translations, transliterations, genders and plurals on this page are adapted from Wiktionary's entry cheek 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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