Rot in Hebrew is נרקב (nirkáv).
Below are its vowel points, how it is said, its gender and its plural.
נרקב
nirkáv
verb · masculine
In English
rot
/ɹɒt/ /ɹɑt/
The stress falls on the vowel in colour.
These are the Hebrew words for rot as a verb.
(intransitive) to suffer decomposition
- נרקבnirkávmasculine
These words come before and after rot in the list.
These are the questions people ask about rot in Hebrew.
How do you say rot in Hebrew?
rot in Hebrew is נרקב, said nirkáv.
How is rot pronounced in English?
rot is pronounced /ɹɒt/, /ɹɑt/.
The Hebrew translations, transliterations, genders and plurals on this page are adapted from Wiktionary's entry rot 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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