Forty-eight in Hebrew is ארבעים-ושמנה (arbaím və-shmoná).
Below are its vowel points, how it is said, its gender and its plural.
ארבעים-ושמנה
arbaím və-shmoná
number
In English
forty-eight
/fɔɹtɪ ɛɪːt/
The stress falls on the vowel in colour.
These are the Hebrew words for the number forty-eight.
48
- ארבעים-ושמנהarbaím və-shmoná
These words come before and after forty-eight in the list.
These are the questions people ask about forty-eight in Hebrew.
How do you say forty-eight in Hebrew?
forty-eight in Hebrew is ארבעים-ושמנה, said arbaím və-shmoná.
How is forty-eight pronounced in English?
forty-eight is pronounced /fɔɹtɪ ɛɪːt/.
The Hebrew translations, transliterations, genders and plurals on this page are adapted from Wiktionary's entry forty-eight 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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