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Tawny owl in Hebrew is לִילִית (lilít).

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

לִילִית
lilít
noun · feminine
Recording by YaronSh, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons.
In English

tawny owl

/ˈtɔːni aʊl/

The stress falls on the vowel in colour.

English words in HebrewWords starting with T

These are the Hebrew words for tawny owl as a noun.

Strix aluco

  • לִילִיתליליתlilítfeminine

This is more about the Hebrew word לִילִית.

Written with vowel points
לִילִית
Written without vowel points
לילית
Said
lilít
Its meanings in English
tawny owl, Lilith: a female demon in Talmudic tradition

These English words share a Hebrew word with tawny owl.

These words come before and after tawny owl in the list.

These are the questions people ask about ⁨tawny owl⁩ in Hebrew.

How do you say ⁨tawny owl⁩ in Hebrew?

⁨tawny owl⁩ in Hebrew is ⁨לִילִית⁩, said lilít. Without vowel points it is written ⁨לילית⁩.

Is ⁨לילית⁩ masculine or feminine?

The word ⁨לילית⁩ is feminine.

What else does ⁨לילית⁩ mean in English?

Besides ⁨tawny owl⁩, ⁨לילית⁩ can mean ⁨Lilith: a female demon in Talmudic tradition⁩.

How is ⁨tawny owl⁩ pronounced in English?

⁨tawny owl⁩ is pronounced ⁨/ˈtɔːni aʊl/⁩.

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