The fish rots from the head in Hebrew is הַדָּג מַסְרִיחַ מֵהָרֹאשׁ (hadág masríakh meharósh).
Below are its vowel points, how it is said, its gender and its plural.
הַדָּג מַסְרִיחַ מֵהָרֹאשׁ
hadág masríakh meharósh
phrase
In English
the fish rots from the head
The stress falls on the vowel in colour.
These are the Hebrew words for the phrase the fish rots from the head.
proverb
- הַדָּג מַסְרִיחַ מֵהָרֹאשׁהדג מסריח מהראשhadág masríakh meharósh
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These are the questions people ask about the fish rots from the head in Hebrew.
How do you say the fish rots from the head in Hebrew?
the fish rots from the head in Hebrew is הַדָּג מַסְרִיחַ מֵהָרֹאשׁ, said hadág masríakh meharósh. Without vowel points it is written הדג מסריח מהראש.
The Hebrew translations, transliterations, genders and plurals on this page are adapted from Wiktionary's entry the fish rots from the head 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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