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Magician in Hebrew is קוֹסֵם (kosém).

It can also be said מכשף, depending on the meaning. Below are the vowel points, how each word is said, its gender and its plural.

קוֹסֵם
kosém
noun · masculine
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In English

magician

/məˈd͡ʒɪʃən/

The stress falls on the vowel in colour.

English words in HebrewWords starting with M

These are the Hebrew words for magician as a noun.

practitioner of allegedly supernatural magic

These English words share a Hebrew word with magician.

These words come before and after magician in the list.

These are the questions people ask about ⁨magician⁩ in Hebrew.

How do you say ⁨magician⁩ in Hebrew?

⁨magician⁩ in Hebrew is ⁨קוֹסֵם⁩, said kosém. Without vowel points it is written ⁨קוסם⁩.

What are other Hebrew words for ⁨magician⁩?

Besides ⁨קוסם⁩, ⁨magician⁩ can be said ⁨מְכַשֵּׁף⁩ (mekhashéf), depending on the meaning.

Is ⁨קוסם⁩ masculine or feminine?

The word ⁨קוסם⁩ is masculine.

How is ⁨magician⁩ pronounced in English?

⁨magician⁩ is pronounced ⁨/məˈd͡ʒɪʃən/⁩.

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