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Empathy in Hebrew is אֶמְפַּתְיָה (empátya).

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

אֶמְפַּתְיָה
empátya
noun · feminine
In English

empathy

/ˈɛmpəθi/

The stress falls on the vowel in colour.

English words in HebrewWords starting with E

These are the Hebrew words for empathy as a noun.

intellectual identification with another person

  • אֶמְפַּתְיָהאמפתיהempátyafeminine

This is more about the Hebrew word אֶמְפַּתְיָה.

Written with vowel points
אֶמְפַּתְיָה
Written without vowel points
אמפתיה
Said
empátya
Plural
אֶמְפַּתְיוֹת

These English words share a Hebrew word with empathy.

These words come before and after empathy in the list.

These are the questions people ask about ⁨empathy⁩ in Hebrew.

How do you say ⁨empathy⁩ in Hebrew?

⁨empathy⁩ in Hebrew is ⁨אֶמְפַּתְיָה⁩, said empátya. Without vowel points it is written ⁨אמפתיה⁩. Its plural is ⁨אֶמְפַּתְיוֹת⁩.

Is ⁨אמפתיה⁩ masculine or feminine?

The word ⁨אמפתיה⁩ is feminine.

How is ⁨empathy⁩ pronounced in English?

⁨empathy⁩ is pronounced ⁨/ˈɛmpəθi/⁩.

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