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Come in Hebrew is בָּא (ba).

It can also be said גמר or שפך, depending on the meaning. Below are the vowel points, how each word is said, its gender and its plural.

בָּא
ba
verb
Recording by Uziel302, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons.
In English

come

/kʌm/ /kʊm/

English words in HebrewWords starting with C

These are the Hebrew words for come as a verb.

to move nearer

  • בָּאבאba

to orgasm

This is more about the Hebrew word בָּא.

Written with vowel points
בָּא
Written without vowel points
בא
Said
ba
Its meanings in English
come, To come, To want, To enter, to go in

These English words share a Hebrew word with come.

These words come before and after come in the list.

These are the questions people ask about ⁨come⁩ in Hebrew.

How do you say ⁨come⁩ in Hebrew?

⁨come⁩ in Hebrew is ⁨בָּא⁩, said ba. Without vowel points it is written ⁨בא⁩.

What are other Hebrew words for ⁨come⁩?

Besides ⁨בא⁩, ⁨come⁩ can be said ⁨גָּמַר⁩ (gamár) or ⁨שָׁפַך⁩ (shafákh), depending on the meaning.

What else does ⁨בא⁩ mean in English?

Besides ⁨come⁩, ⁨בא⁩ can mean ⁨To come, To want, and To enter, to go in⁩.

How is ⁨come⁩ pronounced in English?

⁨come⁩ is pronounced ⁨/kʌm/, /kʊm/⁩.

The Hebrew translations, transliterations, genders and plurals on this page are adapted from Wiktionary's entry come 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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