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Excuse me in Hebrew is סְלִיחָה (slikhá).

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

סְלִיחָה
slikhá
noun · feminine
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In English

excuse me

/ɛksˈkjuːz mi/ /ɪksˈkjuːz mi/

The stress falls on the vowel in colour.

English words in HebrewWords starting with E

These are the Hebrew words for excuse me as a noun.

request to repeat

This is more about the Hebrew word סְלִיחָה.

Written with vowel points
סְלִיחָה
Written without vowel points
סליחה
Said
slikhá
Plural
סְלִיחוֹת
Its meanings in English
excuse me, forgiveness, pardon

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

These English words share a Hebrew word with excuse me.

These words come before and after excuse me in the list.

These are the questions people ask about ⁨excuse me⁩ in Hebrew.

How do you say ⁨excuse me⁩ in Hebrew?

⁨excuse me⁩ in Hebrew is ⁨סְלִיחָה⁩, said slikhá. Without vowel points it is written ⁨סליחה⁩. Its plural is ⁨סְלִיחוֹת⁩.

Is ⁨סליחה⁩ masculine or feminine?

The word ⁨סליחה⁩ is feminine.

What else does ⁨סליחה⁩ mean in English?

Besides ⁨excuse me⁩, ⁨סליחה⁩ can mean ⁨forgiveness, pardon⁩.

How is ⁨excuse me⁩ pronounced in English?

⁨excuse me⁩ is pronounced ⁨/ɛksˈkjuːz mi/, /ɪksˈkjuːz mi/⁩.

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