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Shift in Hebrew is מִשְׁמֶרֶת (mishméret).

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

מִשְׁמֶרֶת
mishméret
noun · feminine
In English

shift

/ˈʃɪft/

The stress falls on the vowel in colour.

English words in HebrewWords starting with S

These are the Hebrew words for shift as a noun.

change of workers

This is more about the Hebrew word מִשְׁמֶרֶת.

Written with vowel points
מִשְׁמֶרֶת
Written without vowel points
משמרת
Said
mishméret
Plural
מִשְׁמָרוֹת
Its meanings in English
shift, guard, watch, obligation, duty, shift, workshift

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

These words come before and after shift in the list.

These are the questions people ask about ⁨shift⁩ in Hebrew.

How do you say ⁨shift⁩ in Hebrew?

⁨shift⁩ in Hebrew is ⁨מִשְׁמֶרֶת⁩, said mishméret. Without vowel points it is written ⁨משמרת⁩. Its plural is ⁨מִשְׁמָרוֹת⁩.

Is ⁨משמרת⁩ masculine or feminine?

The word ⁨משמרת⁩ is feminine.

What else does ⁨משמרת⁩ mean in English?

Besides ⁨shift⁩, ⁨משמרת⁩ can mean ⁨guard, watch, obligation, duty and shift, workshift⁩.

How is ⁨shift⁩ pronounced in English?

⁨shift⁩ is pronounced ⁨/ˈʃɪft/⁩.

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