Whale in Hebrew is לִוְיָתָן (livyatán).
Below are its vowel points, how it is said, its gender and its plural.
In English
whale
/ˈweɪl/
The stress falls on the vowel in colour.
These are the Hebrew words for whale as a noun.
large sea mammal
- לִוְיָתָןלווייתןlivyatánmasculineIn the Hebrew dictionary
This is more about the Hebrew word לִוְיָתָן.
- Written with vowel points
- לִוְיָתָן
- Written without vowel points
- לווייתן
- Said
- livyatán
- Plural
- לווייתנים
- Its meanings in English
- whale, leviathan, "big fish"
The Hebrew dictionary's page for לווייתן, with its synonyms and rhymes
These English words share a Hebrew word with whale.
These words come before and after whale in the list.
These are the questions people ask about whale in Hebrew.
How do you say whale in Hebrew?
whale in Hebrew is לִוְיָתָן, said livyatán. Without vowel points it is written לווייתן. Its plural is לווייתנים.
Is לווייתן masculine or feminine?
The word לווייתן is masculine.
What else does לווייתן mean in English?
Besides whale, לווייתן can mean leviathan and "big fish".
How is whale pronounced in English?
whale is pronounced /ˈweɪl/.
The Hebrew translations, transliterations, genders and plurals on this page are adapted from Wiktionary's entry whale 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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