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Wave in Hebrew is גַּל (gal).

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

גַּל
gal
noun · masculine
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In English

wave

/weɪv/

English words in HebrewWords starting with W

These are the Hebrew words for wave as a noun.

moving disturbance, undulation

This is more about the Hebrew word גַּל.

Written with vowel points
גַּל
Written without vowel points
גל
Said
gal
Plural
גַּלִּים
Its meanings in English
wave, mound, heap, tilde

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

These English words share a Hebrew word with wave.

These words come before and after wave in the list.

These are the questions people ask about ⁨wave⁩ in Hebrew.

How do you say ⁨wave⁩ in Hebrew?

⁨wave⁩ in Hebrew is ⁨גַּל⁩, said gal. Without vowel points it is written ⁨גל⁩. Its plural is ⁨גַּלִּים⁩.

Is ⁨גל⁩ masculine or feminine?

The word ⁨גל⁩ is masculine.

What else does ⁨גל⁩ mean in English?

Besides ⁨wave⁩, ⁨גל⁩ can mean ⁨mound, heap and tilde⁩.

How is ⁨wave⁩ pronounced in English?

⁨wave⁩ is pronounced ⁨/weɪv/⁩.

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