Put in Hebrew is שָׂם (sam).
Below are its vowel points, how it is said, its gender and its plural.
שָׂם
sam
verb
In English
put
/pʊt/
These are the Hebrew words for put as a verb.
to place something somewhere
- שָׂםשםsam
to bring or set into a certain relation, state or condition
- שָׂםשםsam
This is more about the Hebrew word שָׂם.
- Written with vowel points
- שָׂם
- Written without vowel points
- שם
- Said
- sam
- Its meanings in English
- put, to put, place, to turn on, to put on, don
These English words share a Hebrew word with put.
These words come before and after put in the list.
These are the questions people ask about put in Hebrew.
How do you say put in Hebrew?
put in Hebrew is שָׂם, said sam. Without vowel points it is written שם.
What else does שם mean in English?
Besides put, שם can mean to put, place, to turn on, and to put on, don.
How is put pronounced in English?
put is pronounced /pʊt/.
The Hebrew translations, transliterations, genders and plurals on this page are adapted from Wiktionary's entry put 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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