Gnaw in Hebrew is כִּרְסֵם (kirsém).
Below are its vowel points, how it is said, its gender and its plural.
כִּרְסֵם
kirsém
verb
In English
gnaw
/nɔː/ /nɔ/
The stress falls on the vowel in colour.
These are the Hebrew words for gnaw as a verb.
to bite something persistently
- כִּרְסֵםכרסםkirsém
This is more about the Hebrew word כִּרְסֵם.
- Written with vowel points
- כִּרְסֵם
- Written without vowel points
- כרסם
- Said
- kirsém
- Its meanings in English
- gnaw, to gnaw, to mill
These words come before and after gnaw in the list.
These are the questions people ask about gnaw in Hebrew.
How do you say gnaw in Hebrew?
gnaw in Hebrew is כִּרְסֵם, said kirsém. Without vowel points it is written כרסם.
What else does כרסם mean in English?
Besides gnaw, כרסם can mean to gnaw and to mill.
How is gnaw pronounced in English?
gnaw is pronounced /nɔː/, /nɔ/.
The Hebrew translations, transliterations, genders and plurals on this page are adapted from Wiktionary's entry gnaw 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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