Spare the rod and spoil the child in Hebrew is חוֹשֵׂךְ שִׁבְטוֹ, שׂוֹנֵא בְנוֹ (khosékh shivtó soné b'no).
Below are its vowel points, how it is said, its gender and its plural.
חוֹשֵׂךְ שִׁבְטוֹ, שׂוֹנֵא בְנוֹ
khosékh shivtó soné b'no
phrase
In English
spare the rod and spoil the child
The stress falls on the vowel in colour.
These are the Hebrew words for the phrase spare the rod and spoil the child.
if one does not discipline a child he or she will never learn respect or humility
- חוֹשֵׂךְ שִׁבְטוֹ, שׂוֹנֵא בְנוֹחושך שבטו, שונא בנוkhosékh shivtó soné b'no
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How do you say spare the rod and spoil the child in Hebrew?
spare the rod and spoil the child in Hebrew is חוֹשֵׂךְ שִׁבְטוֹ, שׂוֹנֵא בְנוֹ, said khosékh shivtó soné b'no. Without vowel points it is written חושך שבטו, שונא בנו.
The Hebrew translations, transliterations, genders and plurals on this page are adapted from Wiktionary's entry spare the rod and spoil the child 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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