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Daven in Hebrew is הִתְפַּלֵּל (hitpalél).

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

הִתְפַּלֵּל
hitpalél
verb
Recording by YaronSh, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons.
In English

daven

/ˈdɑː.vən/

The stress falls on the vowel in colour.

English words in HebrewWords starting with D

These are the Hebrew words for daven as a verb.

pray

  • הִתְפַּלֵּלהתפללhitpalél

These English words share a Hebrew word with daven.

These words come before and after daven in the list.

These are the questions people ask about ⁨daven⁩ in Hebrew.

How do you say ⁨daven⁩ in Hebrew?

⁨daven⁩ in Hebrew is ⁨הִתְפַּלֵּל⁩, said hitpalél. Without vowel points it is written ⁨התפלל⁩.

How is ⁨daven⁩ pronounced in English?

⁨daven⁩ is pronounced ⁨/ˈdɑː.vən/⁩.

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