Whiten in Hebrew is הִלְבִּין (hilbín).
Below are its vowel points, how it is said, its gender and its plural.
הִלְבִּין
hilbín
verb
In English
whiten
/ˈ(h)waɪ̯.tən/
The stress falls on the vowel in colour.
These are the Hebrew words for whiten as a verb.
to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch
- הִלְבִּיןהלביןhilbín
This is more about the Hebrew word הִלְבִּין.
- Written with vowel points
- הִלְבִּין
- Written without vowel points
- הלבין
- Said
- hilbín
- Its meanings in English
- whiten, To bleach, to whiten, to make white, to become white, To launder
These English words share a Hebrew word with whiten.
These words come before and after whiten in the list.
These are the questions people ask about whiten in Hebrew.
How do you say whiten in Hebrew?
whiten in Hebrew is הִלְבִּין, said hilbín. Without vowel points it is written הלבין.
What else does הלבין mean in English?
Besides whiten, הלבין can mean To bleach, to whiten, to make white, to become white and To launder.
How is whiten pronounced in English?
whiten is pronounced /ˈ(h)waɪ̯.tən/.
The Hebrew translations, transliterations, genders and plurals on this page are adapted from Wiktionary's entry whiten 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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