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Pardon me in Hebrew is סְלִיחָה (sliḥá).

It can also be said סלח לי, סלחי לי, or סלחו לי, depending on the meaning. Below are the vowel points, how each word is said, its gender and its plural.

סְלִיחָה
sliḥá
phrase · feminine
Recording by YaronSh, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons.
In English

pardon me

The stress falls on the vowel in colour.

English words in HebrewWords starting with P

These are the Hebrew words for the phrase pardon me.

sorry, as an apology

  • סְלִיחָהסליחהsliḥáfeminineIn the Hebrew dictionary
  • סְלָח לִיסלח ליslaḥ lito a man
  • סִלְחִי לִיסלחי ליsilḥí lito a man
  • סִלְחוּ לִיסלחו ליsilḥú li

This is more about the Hebrew word סְלִיחָה.

Written with vowel points
סְלִיחָה
Written without vowel points
סליחה
Said
sliḥá
Plural
סְלִיחוֹת
Its meanings in English
pardon me, forgiveness, pardon

The Hebrew dictionary's page for סליחה, with its synonyms and rhymes

These English words share a Hebrew word with pardon me.

These words come before and after pardon me in the list.

These are the questions people ask about ⁨pardon me⁩ in Hebrew.

How do you say ⁨pardon me⁩ in Hebrew?

⁨pardon me⁩ in Hebrew is ⁨סְלִיחָה⁩, said sliḥá. Without vowel points it is written ⁨סליחה⁩. Its plural is ⁨סְלִיחוֹת⁩.

What are other Hebrew words for ⁨pardon me⁩?

Besides ⁨סליחה⁩, ⁨pardon me⁩ can be said ⁨סְלָח לִי⁩ (slaḥ li), ⁨סִלְחִי לִי⁩ (silḥí li), or ⁨סִלְחוּ לִי⁩ (silḥú li), depending on the meaning.

What else does ⁨סליחה⁩ mean in English?

Besides ⁨pardon me⁩, ⁨סליחה⁩ can mean ⁨forgiveness, pardon⁩.

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