Elephant in the room in Hebrew is פיל בחדר (pil ba-ẖéder).
Below are its vowel points, how it is said, its gender and its plural.
פיל בחדר
pil ba-ẖéder
noun · masculine
In English
elephant in the room
The stress falls on the vowel in colour.
These are the Hebrew words for elephant in the room as a noun.
problem that is obvious but ignored
- פיל בחדרpil ba-ẖédermasculine
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These are the questions people ask about elephant in the room in Hebrew.
How do you say elephant in the room in Hebrew?
elephant in the room in Hebrew is פיל בחדר, said pil ba-ẖéder.
Is פיל בחדר masculine or feminine?
The word פיל בחדר is masculine.
The Hebrew translations, transliterations, genders and plurals on this page are adapted from Wiktionary's entry elephant in the room 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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