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Nausea in Hebrew is בְּחִילָה (bḥilá).

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

בְּחִילָה
bḥilá
noun · feminine
In English

nausea

/ˈnɔːzɪə/ /ˈnɔːsɪə/

The stress falls on the vowel in colour.

English words in HebrewWords starting with N

These are the Hebrew words for nausea as a noun.

feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit

  • בְּחִילָהבחילהbḥiláfeminine

This is more about the Hebrew word בְּחִילָה.

Written with vowel points
בְּחִילָה
Written without vowel points
בחילה
Said
bḥilá
Its meanings in English
nausea, nausea: a sense of feeling unwell, often with the urge to vomit

These words come before and after nausea in the list.

These are the questions people ask about ⁨nausea⁩ in Hebrew.

How do you say ⁨nausea⁩ in Hebrew?

⁨nausea⁩ in Hebrew is ⁨בְּחִילָה⁩, said bḥilá. Without vowel points it is written ⁨בחילה⁩.

Is ⁨בחילה⁩ masculine or feminine?

The word ⁨בחילה⁩ is feminine.

What else does ⁨בחילה⁩ mean in English?

Besides ⁨nausea⁩, ⁨בחילה⁩ can mean ⁨nausea: a sense of feeling unwell, often with the urge to vomit⁩.

How is ⁨nausea⁩ pronounced in English?

⁨nausea⁩ is pronounced ⁨/ˈnɔːzɪə/, /ˈnɔːsɪə/⁩.

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