Rub salt in the wound in Hebrew is זָרָה מֶלַח עַל הַפְּצָעִים (zará mélakh al hap'tsa'ím).
Below are its vowel points, how it is said, its gender and its plural.
זָרָה מֶלַח עַל הַפְּצָעִים
zará mélakh al hap'tsa'ím
verb
In English
rub salt in the wound
The stress falls on the vowel in colour.
These are the Hebrew words for rub salt in the wound as a verb.
to make an injury feel worse
- זָרָה מֶלַח עַל הַפְּצָעִיםזרה מלח על הפצעיםzará mélakh al hap'tsa'ím
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These are the questions people ask about rub salt in the wound in Hebrew.
How do you say rub salt in the wound in Hebrew?
rub salt in the wound in Hebrew is זָרָה מֶלַח עַל הַפְּצָעִים, said zará mélakh al hap'tsa'ím. Without vowel points it is written זרה מלח על הפצעים.
The Hebrew translations, transliterations, genders and plurals on this page are adapted from Wiktionary's entry rub salt in the wound 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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