Meat in Hebrew is בָּשָׂר (basár).
Below are its vowel points, how it is said, its gender and its plural.
בָּשָׂר
basár
noun · feminine
In English
meat
/miːt/ /mit/
The stress falls on the vowel in colour.
These are the Hebrew words for meat as a noun.
animal flesh used as food
- בָּשָׂרבשרbasárfeminineIn the Hebrew dictionary
type of meat
- בָּשָׂרבשרbasárfeminineIn the Hebrew dictionary
This is more about the Hebrew word בָּשָׂר.
- Written with vowel points
- בָּשָׂר
- Written without vowel points
- בשר
- Said
- basár
- Plural
- בְּשָׂרִים
- Its meanings in English
- meat, flesh, meat, body, person, male genitals, kin, kind
The Hebrew dictionary's page for בשר, with its synonyms and rhymes
These English words share a Hebrew word with meat.
These words come before and after meat in the list.
These are the questions people ask about meat in Hebrew.
How do you say meat in Hebrew?
meat in Hebrew is בָּשָׂר, said basár. Without vowel points it is written בשר. Its plural is בְּשָׂרִים.
Is בשר masculine or feminine?
The word בשר is feminine.
What else does בשר mean in English?
Besides meat, בשר can mean flesh, meat, body, person, male genitals, and kin, kind.
How is meat pronounced in English?
meat is pronounced /miːt/, /mit/.
The Hebrew translations, transliterations, genders and plurals on this page are adapted from Wiktionary's entry meat 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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