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Swim in Hebrew is שָׂחָה (sakhá).

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

שָׂחָה
sakhá
verb
Recording by YaronSh, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons.
In English

swim

/swɪm/

The stress falls on the vowel in colour.

English words in HebrewWords starting with S

These are the Hebrew words for swim as a verb.

move through water

  • שָׂחָהשחהsakhá

This is more about the Hebrew word שָׂחָה.

Written with vowel points
שָׂחָה
Written without vowel points
שחה
Said
sakhá
Its meanings in English
swim, To swim

These words come before and after swim in the list.

These are the questions people ask about ⁨swim⁩ in Hebrew.

How do you say ⁨swim⁩ in Hebrew?

⁨swim⁩ in Hebrew is ⁨שָׂחָה⁩, said sakhá. Without vowel points it is written ⁨שחה⁩.

What else does ⁨שחה⁩ mean in English?

Besides ⁨swim⁩, ⁨שחה⁩ can mean ⁨To swim⁩.

How is ⁨swim⁩ pronounced in English?

⁨swim⁩ is pronounced ⁨/swɪm/⁩.

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