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Oil lamp in Hebrew is עֲשָׁשִׁית (ashashít).

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

עֲשָׁשִׁית
ashashít
noun · feminine
In English

oil lamp

The stress falls on the vowel in colour.

English words in HebrewWords starting with O

These are the Hebrew words for oil lamp as a noun.

a simple vessel used to produce light

These English words share a Hebrew word with oil lamp.

These words come before and after oil lamp in the list.

These are the questions people ask about ⁨oil lamp⁩ in Hebrew.

How do you say ⁨oil lamp⁩ in Hebrew?

⁨oil lamp⁩ in Hebrew is ⁨עֲשָׁשִׁית⁩, said ashashít. Without vowel points it is written ⁨עששית⁩.

Is ⁨עששית⁩ masculine or feminine?

The word ⁨עששית⁩ is feminine.

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