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Tooth in Hebrew is שֵׁן (shen).

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

שֵׁן
shen
noun · feminine
In English

tooth

/tuːθ/ /tʊθ/

English words in HebrewWords starting with T

These are the Hebrew words for tooth as a noun.

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This is more about the Hebrew word שֵׁן.

Written with vowel points
שֵׁן
Written without vowel points
שן
Said
shen
Plural
שיניים
Its meanings in English
tooth, clove

The Hebrew dictionary's page for שן, with its synonyms and rhymes

These English words share a Hebrew word with tooth.

These words come before and after tooth in the list.

These are the questions people ask about ⁨tooth⁩ in Hebrew.

How do you say ⁨tooth⁩ in Hebrew?

⁨tooth⁩ in Hebrew is ⁨שֵׁן⁩, said shen. Without vowel points it is written ⁨שן⁩. Its plural is ⁨שיניים⁩.

Is ⁨שן⁩ masculine or feminine?

The word ⁨שן⁩ is feminine.

What else does ⁨שן⁩ mean in English?

Besides ⁨tooth⁩, ⁨שן⁩ can mean ⁨clove⁩.

How is ⁨tooth⁩ pronounced in English?

⁨tooth⁩ is pronounced ⁨/tuːθ/, /tʊθ/⁩.

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