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Headache in Hebrew is כְּאֵב רֹאשׁ (ke'év rosh).

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

כְּאֵב רֹאשׁ
ke'év rosh
noun · masculine
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In English

headache

/ˈhɛdeɪk/

The stress falls on the vowel in colour.

English words in HebrewWords starting with H

These are the Hebrew words for headache as a noun.

pain or ache in the head

  • כְּאֵב רֹאשׁכאב ראשke'év roshmasculine

This is more about the Hebrew word כְּאֵב רֹאשׁ.

Written with vowel points
כְּאֵב רֹאשׁ
Written without vowel points
כאב ראש
Said
ke'év rosh
Plural
כְּאֵב ֵי רֹאשׁ
Its meanings in English
headache, nuisance, bother, worry

These words come before and after headache in the list.

These are the questions people ask about ⁨headache⁩ in Hebrew.

How do you say ⁨headache⁩ in Hebrew?

⁨headache⁩ in Hebrew is ⁨כְּאֵב רֹאשׁ⁩, said ke'év rosh. Without vowel points it is written ⁨כאב ראש⁩. Its plural is ⁨כְּאֵב ֵי רֹאשׁ⁩.

Is ⁨כאב ראש⁩ masculine or feminine?

The word ⁨כאב ראש⁩ is masculine.

What else does ⁨כאב ראש⁩ mean in English?

Besides ⁨headache⁩, ⁨כאב ראש⁩ can mean ⁨nuisance, bother and worry⁩.

How is ⁨headache⁩ pronounced in English?

⁨headache⁩ is pronounced ⁨/ˈhɛdeɪk/⁩.

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