Dark-skinned in Hebrew is שָׁחוּם (shakhúm).
Below are its vowel points, how it is said, its gender and its plural.
שָׁחוּם
shakhúm
adjective
In English
dark-skinned
The stress falls on the vowel in colour.
These are the Hebrew words for dark-skinned as an adjective.
having dark skin
- שָׁחוּםשחוםshakhúm
This is more about the Hebrew word שָׁחוּם.
- Written with vowel points
- שָׁחוּם
- Written without vowel points
- שחום
- Said
- shakhúm
- Feminine form
- שְׁחוּמָה
- Its meanings in English
- dark-skinned, dark brown
These words come before and after dark-skinned in the list.
These are the questions people ask about dark-skinned in Hebrew.
How do you say dark-skinned in Hebrew?
dark-skinned in Hebrew is שָׁחוּם, said shakhúm. Without vowel points it is written שחום.
What else does שחום mean in English?
Besides dark-skinned, שחום can mean dark brown.
The Hebrew translations, transliterations, genders and plurals on this page are adapted from Wiktionary's entry dark-skinned 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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