Therein lies the rub in Hebrew is פה קבור הכלב (po kavur hakélev).
Below are its vowel points, how it is said, its gender and its plural.
פה קבור הכלב
po kavur hakélev
phrase
In English
therein lies the rub
The stress falls on the vowel in colour.
These are the Hebrew words for the phrase therein lies the rub.
that is where the problem is
- פה קבור הכלבpo kavur hakélev
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How do you say therein lies the rub in Hebrew?
therein lies the rub in Hebrew is פה קבור הכלב, said po kavur hakélev.
The Hebrew translations, transliterations, genders and plurals on this page are adapted from Wiktionary's entry therein lies the rub 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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