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Explain in Hebrew is הִסְבִּיר (hisbír).

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

הִסְבִּיר
hisbír
verb
Recording by YaronSh, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons.
In English

explain

/ɪkˈspleɪn/ /ɛkˈspleɪn/

The stress falls on the vowel in colour.

English words in HebrewWords starting with E

These are the Hebrew words for explain as a verb.

to make intelligible

  • הִסְבִּירהסבירhisbír

This is more about the Hebrew word הִסְבִּיר.

Written with vowel points
הִסְבִּיר
Written without vowel points
הסביר
Said
hisbír
Its meanings in English
explain, to explain, to clarify

These words come before and after explain in the list.

These are the questions people ask about ⁨explain⁩ in Hebrew.

How do you say ⁨explain⁩ in Hebrew?

⁨explain⁩ in Hebrew is ⁨הִסְבִּיר⁩, said hisbír. Without vowel points it is written ⁨הסביר⁩.

What else does ⁨הסביר⁩ mean in English?

Besides ⁨explain⁩, ⁨הסביר⁩ can mean ⁨to explain and to clarify⁩.

How is ⁨explain⁩ pronounced in English?

⁨explain⁩ is pronounced ⁨/ɪkˈspleɪn/, /ɛkˈspleɪn/⁩.

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