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Esteem in Hebrew is כָּבוֹד (kavod).

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

כָּבוֹד
kavod
noun · masculine
Recording by YaronSh, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons.
In English

esteem

/ɪˈstiːm/ /əˈstiːm/

English words in HebrewWords starting with E

These are the Hebrew words for esteem as a noun.

favourable regard

This is more about the Hebrew word כָּבוֹד.

Written with vowel points
כָּבוֹד
Written without vowel points
כבוד
Said
kavod
Plural
כְּבוֹדִים
Its meanings in English
esteem, honor, respect, dignity, self-respect

The Hebrew dictionary's page for כבוד, with its synonyms and rhymes

These English words share a Hebrew word with esteem.

These words come before and after esteem in the list.

These are the questions people ask about ⁨esteem⁩ in Hebrew.

How do you say ⁨esteem⁩ in Hebrew?

⁨esteem⁩ in Hebrew is ⁨כָּבוֹד⁩, said kavod. Without vowel points it is written ⁨כבוד⁩. Its plural is ⁨כְּבוֹדִים⁩.

Is ⁨כבוד⁩ masculine or feminine?

The word ⁨כבוד⁩ is masculine.

What else does ⁨כבוד⁩ mean in English?

Besides ⁨esteem⁩, ⁨כבוד⁩ can mean ⁨honor, respect, and dignity, self-respect⁩.

How is ⁨esteem⁩ pronounced in English?

⁨esteem⁩ is pronounced ⁨/ɪˈstiːm/, /əˈstiːm/⁩.

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