| -s {suffix} (regular plurals of nouns) | :: ־ים {m-p} /-im/, ־ות {f-p} /-ot/, ־ין {m-p} /-in/ |
| Sabbatarian {n} (sixth-day Sabbatarian, Friday-keeper) | :: שומר שבת {m} /shomér shabát/ |
| Sabbatarian {n} (seventh-day Sabbatarian, Sabbath-keeper, Saturday-keeper) | :: שומר שבת {m} /shomér shabát/ |
| Sabbath {n} (Jewish Saturday) | :: שבת {f} /shabát/ |
| Sabbath {n} (Christian Sunday) | :: יום ראשון {m} /yom rishón/ |
| Sabbath {n} (Muslim Friday) | :: יום ששי {m} /yom shishí/ |
| sabbatical {n} (extended period of leave) | :: שבתון \ שבתון {m} /shabatón/ |
| sabbatical year {n} (year of rest for the land observed every seven years) | :: שמיטה /shmita/ |
| sabotage {n} (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) | :: חבלה {f} /Habala/ |
| Sabra {prop} (native Israeli) | :: צבר /tsabár/, סברה /sábre/ |
| sack {n} (bag for commodities or items) | :: שק {m} /sak/, אמתחת {f} /amtakhát/ |
| sackcloth {n} (cloth) | :: שק {m} /shaq/ |
| sackcloth {n} (figuratively: garment worn as act of penance) | :: שק {m} /shaq/ |
| Sacramento {prop} (Sacramento, the capital city of California) | :: סקרמנטו {f}, סאקרמנטו {f} |
| sacred {adj} (made holy) | :: קדוש {m} /kadósh/, קדושה {f} /kdoshá/, קדושים {m-p} /kdoshím/, קדושות {f-p} /kdoshót/ |
| sacred cow {n} (something which cannot be tampered with) | :: פרה קדושה {f} /para kdosha/ |
| sad {adj} (feeling sorrow) | :: עצוב /atzúv/ |
| sad {adj} | :: עצוב /atzúv/ |
| Saïda {prop} (port city in Lebanon) SEE: Sidon | :: |
| Saddam {prop} (Saddam Hussein) | :: סדאם חוסיין |
| saddle {n} (seat on an animal) | :: אכף {m} /ukaf/, אוכף {m} |
| sadly {adv} (unfortunately) SEE: unfortunately | :: |
| sadness {n} (state/emotion) | :: עצב {m} /'étsev/ |
| sad to say {adv} (unfortunately) SEE: unfortunately | :: |
| safari {n} (a trip into any undeveloped area) | :: ספארי {m} /safári/ |
| safe {adj} (not in danger) | :: בטוח {m} /batuach/, בטוחה {f} /b'tucha/ |
| safe {n} (box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping) | :: כספת /kasefet/ |
| Safed {prop} (a city in northern Israel) | :: צפת {f} /ts'fat/ |
| safe-deposit box {n} (box for holding valuables safe) | :: כספת פרטית בחדר כספות בבנק {f} |
| safehouse {n} (secure location) | :: בית מסתור; דירת מסתור |
| safe mode {n} ((computing) troubleshooting mode) | :: מצב בטוח {n} |
| safety {n} (condition or feeling of being safe) | :: בטחון {m} /bitakhón/, בטיחות {f} /betihut/ |
| safety {n} (mechanism to prevent accidental firing) | :: נצרה {f} /nitsra/ |
| safety pin {n} (pin of a hand grenade) | :: נצרה {f} /nitsra/ |
| saffron {n} (spice) | :: זעפרן {m} |
| sage {n} (Salvia officinalis) | :: מרווה /marva/ |
| Sagittarius {prop} (constellation) | :: קשת {m} /qashát/ |
| Sagittarius {prop} (astrological sign) | :: קשת {m} /qashát/ |
| Sahara {prop} (desert) | :: סהרה {f} /sahrah/ |
| sail {n} (a piece of fabric attached to a boat) | :: מפרש {m} /mifrás/ |
| sail {v} (to ride in a boat, especially sailboat) | :: שט /shat/, הפליג /hiflíg/ |
| sailboat {n} (a boat propelled by a sail) | :: מפרשית, ספינת מפרש {f} /sfinát mifrás/ |
| sailing {adj} (travelling by ship) | :: שיט {m} /shayit/ |
| sailing {n} (motion across water) | :: שיט מפרשים {m} /sheit mifrasim/ |
| sailing ship {n} (type of ship) | :: אנית מפרשים /oniyat mifrasim/, ספינת מפרשים {f} /sfinat mifrasim/ |
| sailmaker {n} (occupation) | :: תופר מפרשים {m} /tofer mifrasim/ |
| sailor {n} (worker on a ship, seaman, seawoman) | :: מלח {m} /malláḥ/, יורד ים {m} /yōrēḏ yām/ |
| sailor {n} (person who sails as a sport) | :: שיט {m} /shayat/ |
| sailplane {n} (sailplane) SEE: glider | :: |
| Saint David's Day {prop} (the feast day of Saint David, patron saint of Wales) | :: יום דוד הקדוש {m} /yom davíd ha-kadósh/ |
| Saint George {prop} (Patron saint of England and several other places) | :: גאורגיוס הקדוש {m} /georgios ha-kadósh/ |
| Saint John's bread {n} (carob) SEE: carob | :: |
| Saint Lucia {prop} (country in the Caribbean) | :: סנט לוסיה |
| Saint Mary {prop} (the mother of Jesus Christ) | :: מרים הקדושה {f} /miryam ha-kidóshah/ |
| Saint Nicholas {prop} (Santa Claus) SEE: Santa Claus | :: |
| Saint Nicholas {prop} (4th-century Greek bishop, patron of children and marines) | :: ניקולאוס הקדוש {m} /nikulaus ha-kidush/ |
| Saint Petersburg {prop} (city in Russia) | :: סנט פטרסבורג /sent petersburg/ |
| sake {n} (Japanese rice wine) | :: סאקה /sake/ |
| Sakha {n} (Turkic language) SEE: Yakut | :: |
| Sakhalin {prop} (island in Russia) | :: סחלין {m} /sakhalin/ |
| sakura {n} (cherry) SEE: cherry | :: |
| sakura {n} (blossom of the Japanese cherry tree, see also: cherry blossom) | :: סאקורה |
| Salé {prop} (city near Rabat) | :: סלא /sla/ |
| salaam {interj} (a Muslim greeting) | :: סלאם /salám/ |
| salaam alaikum {interj} (peace be upon you ) | :: סלאם עליכום /salám 'aléikum/ |
| salad {n} (food) | :: סלט {m} /salát/ |
| salamander {n} (amphibian) | :: סלמנדרה {f} /salamándra/ |
| salamander {n} (mythical creature) | :: סלמנדרה {f} /salamándra/ |
| salamander {n} (small broiler) | :: סלמנדרה {f} /salamándra/ |
| salami {n} (penis) SEE: penis | :: |
| salami {n} (sausage) | :: סלמי |
| salary {n} (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) | :: משכורת \ משכרת {f} /maskorét/, שכר {m} /sakhár/ |
| sale {n} (exchange of goods or services for currency or credit) | :: מכירה {f} /mekhirá/ |
| sale {n} (sale of goods at reduced prices) | :: מבצע {m} /mivtsá/ |
| Salekhard {prop} (city in Russia) | :: סלחרד {m} |
| Salisbury {prop} (city in England) | :: סולסברי |
| saliva {n} (liquid secreted into the mouth) | :: רוק \ רק {m} /rok/ |
| sally {n} (willow) SEE: willow | :: |
| salmon {n} (fish) | :: סלמון {m} /sálmon/, אלתית {f} /iltít/ |
| salo {n} (non-rendered pig fat) | :: סאלו /salo/ |
| salsa {n} (dance) | :: סלסה |
| salt {v} (to add salt to) | :: המליח /himlíakh/ |
| salt {n} (sodium chloride) | :: מלח {m} /mélakh/ |
| salt of the earth {n} (a decent, dependable person) | :: מלח הארץ |
| salty dog {n} (seadog) SEE: seadog | :: |
| Saluki {n} (Saluki breed of dog) | :: סלוקי /salwqy/ |
| salvation {n} (the process of being saved (religion)) | :: גאולה /g'ulá/, ישע |
| salve {n} (ointment, cream or balm) | :: משחה /mishkha/, צרי {f} /tsori/ |
| Samara {prop} (city in Russia) | :: סמרה |
| Samaria {prop} (Both city and part of ancient Palestine) | :: שומרון \ שמרון /shomron/ |
| Samaritan {n} (a native or inhabitant of Samaria) | :: שומרוני {m} /shomroní/ |
| samarium {n} (chemical element) | :: סמריום /samáryum/ |
| Samarkand {prop} (city in Uzbekistan) | :: סמרקנד |
| same {adj} (not different as regards self; identical) | :: אותו {m} /otó/, אותה {f} /otáh/, אותם {p} /otám/ |
| same {adj} (similar, alike) | :: דומה {m} {f} /domé, domá/ |
| same {pron} (the identical thing) | :: אותו ה־ {m} /oto ha/, אותה ה־ {f} /ota ha/ |
| samekh {n} (Semitic letter) | :: סמך {f} /sámech/, ס |
| same-sex marriage {n} (gay marriage) SEE: gay marriage | :: |
| samizdat {n} (underground publishing) | :: סאמיזדאט {m} /samizdat/ |
| samovar {n} (metal urn with a spigot, for boiling water for making tea) | :: סמובר {m} /samovár/ |
| Samson {prop} (Israelite judge) | :: שמשון {m} /shimshon/ |
| Samson {prop} (given name) | :: שמשון /shimshon/ |
| Samsun {prop} (city) | :: סמסון /samsun/ |
| Samsung {prop} (South Korean conglomerate company) | :: סמסונג {m} /Sámsung/ |
| Samuel {prop} (male given name) | :: שמואל /shmuel/ |
| Samuel {prop} (book of the Bible) | :: שמואל /shmuel/ |
| Samuel {prop} (biblical person) | :: שמואל /shmuel/ |
| samurai {n} (feudal Japanese warrior) | :: סמוראי {m} /samurai/ |
| -san {suffix} (Mrs) SEE: Mrs | :: |
| Sana'a {prop} (capital of Yemen) | :: צנעא / tsán'a, tsána/ |
| sanatorium {n} (institution that treats chronic diseases, and provides supervised recuperation and convalescence) | :: סנטוריום {m} /sanatorium/ |
| séance {n} (a ceremony where people try to communicate with the spirits) | :: העלאה באוב {f} |
| sanctimonious {adj} (making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically) | :: מתחסד, צדקני |
| sand {n} (finely ground rock) | :: חול {m} /khól/ |
| sandal {n} (type of footwear) | :: סנדל {m} /sandál/ |
| sandal {n} (sandalwood) SEE: sandalwood | :: |
| sandalwood {n} (any of various tropical trees of the genus Santalum) | :: אלמוג /Almog/ |
| sandalwood {n} (the aromatic heartwood of the trees of the genus Santalum) | :: אלמוג /almog/ |
| Sanders {prop} (surname) | :: סנדרס /sanders/ |
| sandpaper {n} (paper coated with abrasive material) | :: ניר לטש {m} /nyar letesh/ |
| sandstone {n} (sand/clay sedimentary rock) | :: אבן חול {f} /even chól/ |
| sandwich {n} (snack consisting of two slices of bread) | :: כריך {m} /karíkh/, סנדויץ׳ {m} /séndvich/ |
| sane {adj} (mentally healthy) | :: שפוי {m} /shafúy/ |
| San Francisco {prop} (San Francisco, California city) | :: סן פרנסיסקו {m} /san fransisko/ |
| sangria {n} (Spanish wine drink with fruit, sugar and soda) | :: סנגריה {m} |
| sanitation {n} | :: תברואה, סניטציה {f}, גהות {f} |
| San José {prop} (A city in California, USA) SEE: San Jose | :: |
| San Jose {prop} (a city in California, USA) | :: סן חוזה |
| San Marino {prop} (Republic of San Marino) | :: סן מרינו /san marino/ |
| sans {prep} (without) SEE: without | :: |
| Sanskrit {n} (language) | :: סנסקריט /sanskrít/ |
| Santa {prop} (Santa Claus) SEE: Santa Claus | :: |
| Santa Claus {prop} (fictional figure) | :: סנטה קלאוס {m} /santa klaus/ |
| Santiago {prop} (city in Chile) | :: סנטיאגו /santiago/ |
| Santiago de Chile {prop} (Santiago) SEE: Santiago | :: |
| Santo Domingo {prop} (the capital city of the Dominican Republic) | :: סנטו דומינגו {m} |
| Santorini {prop} (Greek island) | :: סנטוריני {m} /Santoríni/ |
| sap {n} (juice of plant) | :: שרף {m} /saraf/ |
| sap {n} (slang: saphead) | :: פראייר {m} /frayer/ |
| sapphire {n} (gem) | :: ספיר {m} /sappír/ |
| Sappho {prop} (Greek female name) | :: סאפפו /Sappo/ |
| Sara {prop} (female given name) SEE: Sarah | :: |
| sarafan {n} (a traditional long, trapeze-shaped Russian pinafore worn by women and girls.) | :: סרפן {m} /sarafán/ |
| Sarah {prop} (the wife of Abraham) | :: שרה {f} /sará/ |
| Sarah {prop} (given name from Hebrew) | :: שרה {f} /sará/ |
| Sarai {prop} (female given name) | :: שרי /saráy/ |
| Sarajevo {prop} (city) | :: סאראייבו /sarayevo/ |
| Saransk {prop} (city in Russia) | :: סרנסק {m} /saransq/ |
| Saratov {prop} (city) | :: סרטוב |
| sarcophagus {n} (coffin) | :: סרקופג /sarqofág/ |
| Sardanapalus {prop} (King of Assyria) | :: סרדנאפלוס |
| sardine {n} (fish) | :: סלתנית /saltanit/ |
| Sardinia {prop} (island of Italy) | :: סרדיניה |
| Sargon {prop} (king) | :: סרגון {m} /Sargón/ |
| Sarkozy {prop} (surname) | :: סרקוזי |
| sash {n} (decorative length of cloth) | :: אבנט {m} /avnét/ |
| sashimi {n} (dish of slices of raw fish or meat) | :: סשימי {m} /sashimi/ |
| Saskatchewan {prop} (Province in western Canada) | :: ססקצ'ואן |
| Satan {prop} (the Devil) | :: שטן {m} /satán/ |
| Satanism {n} (a religion founded by Anton Szandor LaVey) | :: כת השטן /kat hasatán/ |
| satchel {n} (bag or case with one or two shoulder straps) | :: , תיק גב /tik gav/, ילקוט /yalkut/, תרמיל /tarmil/, |
| satellite {n} (man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body) | :: לוין {m} /lav'yan/ |
| satiated {adj} (pleasantly full) | :: שבע {m} /savéa'/ |
| satrap {n} (governor of a Persian province) | :: אחשדרפן {m} /akhashdarpan/ |
| Satu Mare {prop} (city in Romania) | :: סאטו מארה /sátu máre/ |
| Saturday {n} (day of the week) | :: שבת {f} /shabát/ |
| Saturn {prop} (planet) | :: שבתאי /shabtá'i/ |
| Saturnalia {prop} (holiday to mark the winter solstice) | :: סטרנורא /starnúra/ |
| sauce {n} (liquid condiment) | :: רוטב \ רטב {m} /rótev/ |
| saucepan {n} (deep cooking vessel) | :: סיר {m} /sir/ |
| Saudi {prop} (Saudi Arabia) SEE: Saudi Arabia | :: |
| Saudi {adj} (pertaining to Saudi Arabia) | :: סעודיה /su'udiyah/ |
| Saudi Arabia {prop} (country in the Middle East) | :: ערב הסעודית {f} /'aráv hasa'udít/, סעודיה {f} /saʿudyá/ |
| Saudi Arabian {n} (person from Saudi Arabia) SEE: Saudi | :: |
| Saudi Arabian {adj} (pertaining to Saudi Arabia) SEE: Saudi | :: |
| Saul {prop} (first king of Israel) | :: שאול /sha'úl/ |
| Saul {prop} (male given name) | :: שאול {m} /sha'úl/ |
| sauna {n} (sauna room or house) | :: סאונה |
| sausage {n} (a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing) | :: נקניק {m} /naknik/ |
| Sava {prop} (river) | :: סאווה |
| savanna {n} (tropical grassland with scattered trees) | :: סוואנה |
| save {v} (to help someone to survive, or rescue someone) | :: הציל |
| save {v} (to store for future use) | :: חסך |
| saw {n} (tool) | :: משור {m} /masór/ |
| saxophone {n} (a musical instrument of the woodwind family) | :: סקספון {m} /saksofón/ |
| say {v} (to pronounce) | :: אמר /amár/ |
| say {v} (to communicate verbally or in writing) | :: אמר /amár/ |
| say {v} (to say) SEE: tell | :: |
| sayonara {interj} (goodbye, in reference to Japan (transliterations and different spellings only)) | :: סיונרה /sayonárah/ |
| scab {n} (incrustation over a wound) | :: גלד {m} /geled/ |
| scab {n} (scabies) SEE: scabies | :: |
| scabbard {n} (the sheath of a sword) | :: נדן {m} /nadan/, נרתיק {m} /nartik/ |
| scabies {n} (an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei) | :: גרדת {f} /garedet/ |
| scald {v} | :: צריבה /tz"rivah/ |
| scale {n} (sequence for measurement) | :: סולם {m} /sulam/ |
| scale {n} (ratio of distances) | :: קנה מידה {m} /kne mida/ |
| scale {n} (series of notes) | :: סולם {m} /sulam/ |
| scale {n} (keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals) | :: קשקש {m} /kaskas/ |
| scale {n} (ladder) SEE: ladder | :: |
| scale {n} (device) SEE: scales | :: |
| scales {n} (device for weighing goods for sale) | :: מאזנים / מאזניים {m-d} /moznáim/ |
| scalp {n} (part of head where the hair grows) | :: קרקפת {f} /karkéfet/ |
| scalpel {n} (small straight knife) | :: אזמל {m} /izmel/ |
| scam {n} (fraudulent deal) | :: תרגיל עוקץ |
| scan {v} (examine sequentially) | :: סרק /saráq/ |
| scan {v} (create a digital copy of an image using a scanner) | :: סרק /saráq/ |
| Scandinavian {n} (someone from Scandinavia) | :: סקנדינבי |
| Scandinavian {adj} | :: סקנדינבי |
| scandium {n} (chemical element) | :: סקנדיום {?} /skandium/ |
| scant {adj} (very little) | :: מעט מאוד /méat méod/ |
| scapegoat {n} (a goat imbued with the sins of the people) | :: שעיר לעזאזל {m} /sa'ír la'azazél/ |
| scapegoat {n} (someone punished for someone else's error(s)) | :: שעיר לעזאזל {m} /sa'ír la'azazél/ |
| scapula {n} (large flat bone) SEE: shoulder blade | :: |
| scar {n} (cliff) SEE: cliff | :: |
| scar {n} (permanent mark on the skin) | :: צלקת |
| scarecrow {n} (an effigy made to scare the birds away) | :: דחליל {m} /dakhlíl/ |
| scarecrow {n} (tall, thin, awkward person) | :: דחליל {m} /dakhlíl/ |
| scarf {n} (long garment worn around the neck) | :: צעיף {m} /tsa'if/ |
| scarlet {n} (colour) | :: שני /shaní/ |
| scarlet {n} | :: שני {m} |
| scary {adj} (causing, or able to cause, fright) | :: מפחיד {m} /mafkhíd/ |
| scatterbrained {adj} (absent-minded) SEE: absent-minded | :: |
| scavenger {n} (animal feeding on decaying matter) | :: אוכל נבלות |
| scene {n} ((theater) the stage) SEE: stage | :: |
| scene {n} (the location of an event that attracts attention) | :: סצנה {f} /stsena/ |
| scent {n} (distinctive odour or smell) | :: ריח {m} /réakh/ |
| sceptre {n} (ornamental staff) | :: שרביט {m} /sharvít/ |
| schadenfreude {n} (malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune) | :: שמחה לאיד {f} |
| Scheherazade {prop} (female given name) | :: שחרזאדה {f}, שהראזאד {f} |
| Scheldt {prop} (river) | :: סכלדה |
| scheme {n} (a systematic plan of future action) | :: מזמה {f} /mezimá/ |
| scheme {n} (secret, devious plan) | :: מזמה {f} /mezimá/ |
| scheme {n} (orderly combination of related parts) | :: מבנה {m} /mivné/ |
| scheme {n} (chart or diagram) | :: תרשים {m} /tarshím/ |
| scheme {n} (mathematics) | :: סכימה {f} /sχéma/ |
| Schiller {prop} (surname) | :: שילר /shiller/ |
| schizoid {n} | :: סכיזואיד |
| schizoid personality disorder {n} (personality disorder) | :: הפרעה אישיות סכיזואידית /hafra'á ishiyút sekīzōʾīdīt/ |
| schizophrenia {n} (mental disorder) | :: סכיזופרניה {f} /skizofrenya/ |
| schlemiel {n} (clumsy person) | :: שלומיאל {m} /shlumiél/ |
| schmo {n} (schmuck) SEE: schmuck | :: |
| schmuck {n} (jerk; unlikable, stupid, foolish, malicious, or unpleasant person) | :: שמוק {m} /shmók/ |
| schnitzel {n} (a meat dish) | :: שניצל {m} /shnitzel/ |
| scholar's mate {n} (checkmate which occurs after the moves 1.e4 e5 2.Qh5 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Qxf7#) | :: מט סנדלרים |
| school {n} (a group of fish) | :: להקה {f} /lahaká/, דגה {f} /dagá/ |
| school {n} (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) | :: בית ספר {m} /bet séfer/ |
| school {n} (college or university) | :: אוניברסיטה {f} /univérsita/, מכללה {f} /mikhlalá/ |
| school {n} (a department/institute at a college or university) | :: בית ספר {m} /bet séfer/, פקולטה {f} /fakúlta/ |
| school {n} ((collectively) the followers of a particular doctrine) | :: אסכולה {f} /askola/ |
| school {v} (to educate, teach, or train) | :: לימד /liméd/ |
| schoolchild {n} (young person attending school or of an age to attend school) | :: תלמיד {m} /talmíd/ |
| schoolie {n} (schoolteacher) SEE: teacher | :: |
| schoolteacher {n} (schoolteacher) SEE: teacher | :: |
| schooner {n} (sailing ship) | :: סקונר /skooner/ |
| Schrödinger's cat {prop} (thought experiment) | :: החתול של שרדינגר {m} /he'ħatul šel šredinger/ |
| schwa {n} (indeterminate central vowel) | :: שווא \ שוא {m} /shva/ |
| Schwartz {prop} (surname) | :: שוורץ |
| Schwarzenegger {prop} (surname of German-speakers) | :: שוורצנגר |
| science {n} (collective discipline of learning acquired through the scientific method) | :: מדע {m} /madá/ |
| science {n} (particular discipline or branch of learning) | :: מדע {m} /madá/ |
| science fiction {n} (fiction) | :: מדע בדיוני {m} /madá bid'yóni/ |
| scientia potentia est {proverb} (knowledge is power) SEE: knowledge is power | :: |
| scientific {adj} (of or having to do with science) | :: מדעי /madai/ |
| scientist {n} (one whose activities make use of the scientific method) | :: מדען {m} /mad'án/ |
| Scientology {prop} (belief system developed by L. Ron Hubbard) | :: סיינטולוגיה {f} /sayentológya/ |
| scissors {n} (tool used for cutting) | :: מספרים / מספריים {m-d} /misparáim/ |
| Scooby-Doo {prop} (the fictional dog) | :: סקובי דו {m} /skubi du/ |
| scooter {n} (foot-propelled vehicle) | :: קורקינט {m} /korkinet/ |
| scooter {n} (type of small two-wheeled vehicle, see also: motorscooter) | :: קטנוע, טוסטוס {m} /tústus/ |
| scope {n} (breadth, depth or reach of a subject; a domain) | :: היקף /heikef/ |
| -scope {suffix} (suffix to name viewing instruments) | :: -סקופ {m} |
| score {v} (to score) SEE: strike | :: |
| scores {pron} (many) SEE: many | :: |
| scorn {v} (to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody) | :: לבוז |
| scorn {n} (contempt, disdain) | :: שאט-נפש /sh'át-néfesh/ |
| scornfully {adv} (in a scornful manner) | :: בבטול |
| Scorpio {prop} (astrological sign) | :: עקרב {m} /'aqráv/ |
| Scorpio {prop} (constellation) SEE: Scorpius | :: |
| scorpion {n} (any of various arachnids of the order Scorpiones) | :: עקרב {m} /'akráv/ |
| Scorpius {prop} (astrological sign) SEE: Scorpio | :: |
| Scorpius {prop} (constellation) | :: עקרב {m} /'akráv/ |
| Scotland {prop} (country in northwest Europe to the north of England) | :: סקוטלנד {m} /skótland/ |
| scoundrel {n} (villain) | :: בן בליעל {m} /ben bliyá'al/ |
| scourge {n} | :: פגע |
| scout {n} (member of the scout movement) | :: צופה {m} /tzofé/ |
| scouting {n} | :: צופיות /Zofiut/ |
| scrabble {v} (to scribble) SEE: scribble | :: |
| Scrabble {prop} (board game with interlocking words) | :: שבץ נא /shabétz na/ |
| scrambled egg {n} (dish) | :: ביצה מקשקשת {f} /beytza mekushkéshet/ |
| scrapie {n} (A degenerative prion disease) | :: סקרייפי {m} |
| scratch {v} (to rub a surface with a sharp object) | :: גרד /geréd/ |
| scream {n} (loud exclamation) | :: צרחה {f} /tsrachá/ |
| scream {v} (to make the sound of a scream) | :: צרח /tsarách/ |
| scream queen {n} (actress who appears in several horror movies) | :: מלכה הצעקה {f} /malká hats'aká/ |
| screech owl {n} (Tyto alba) SEE: western barn owl | :: |
| screen {n} (physical divider) | :: מסך /masach/ |
| screen printing {n} (printing method) | :: הדפס רשת |
| screw {n} (fastener) | :: בורג {m} /bóreg/ |
| screw {v} (to connect or assemble pieces using a screw) | :: הבריג /hivríg/ |
| screw {v} (to have sexual intercourse with) | :: זיין /ziyén/, דפק /dafák/ |
| screw {v} (to cheat or treat unfairly) | :: דפק /dafák/ |
| screwdriver {n} (tool) | :: מברג {m} /mavrég/ |
| scribble {v} (to write or draw carelessly and in a hurry) | :: קשקש /qishqésh/ |
| scribble {v} | :: שרבוט |
| scribe {n} (one who writes; a draughtsman) | :: טפסר {m} /tafsar/ |
| script {n} (text of the dialogue and action for a drama) | :: תסריט {m} |
| scripture {n} (any sacred writing or book) | :: כתובים {m-p} /ktuvím/ |
| Scripture {prop} (Tanakh) SEE: Tanakh | :: |
| Scripture {prop} (Bible) SEE: Bible | :: |
| scrofulous {adj} (morally degenerate; corrupt) SEE: corrupt | :: |
| scroll {n} (roll of paper or parchment) | :: מגילה {f} /megilá/ |
| scrotum {n} (the bag of the skin and muscle that contains the testicles) | :: כיס האשכים, שק האשכים {m} /sak ha-ashakhim/ |
| scrub {n} (cancellation) SEE: cancellation | :: |
| scrutore {n} (escritoire) SEE: escritoire | :: |
| sculpture {n} (work of art created by sculpting) | :: פסל {m} /pésel/ |
| scum {n} (person or persons considered to be reprehensible) | :: חלאה {f} /ẖel'á/ |
| scumbag {n} (condom) SEE: condom | :: |
| scythe {n} (farm tool) | :: חרמש |
| sea {n} (body of water) | :: ים {m} /yam/ |
| sea anemone {n} (polyp) | :: שושנת ים {f} /shoshanát yam/ |
| seaborgium {n} (chemical element with atomic number 106) | :: סיבורגיום /sibórgiyum/ |
| sea cow {n} (marine mammal of the order Sirenia) | :: פרת ים {f} /parát yam/, תחש {m} /táḥash/ |
| sea cucumber {n} (sea cucumber) | :: מלפפון ים {m} /m'laf'fon yam/ |
| seadog {n} (sailor accustomed to the sea) | :: זאב ים {m} /ze'ev yam/ |
| sea eagle {n} (genus Haliaeetus) | :: עיטם {m} /eytám/ |
| seafarer {n} (sailor) SEE: sailor | :: |
| seafood {n} (fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life) | :: פירות ים {m-p} /perót yam/ |
| seagull {n} (bird of the family Laridae) | :: שחף /shákhaf/ |
| sea horse {n} (walrus) SEE: walrus | :: |
| seal {n} (pinniped) | :: כלב ים {m} /kelev yam/ |
| seal {n} (stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance) | :: חותם {n} /khotam/ |
| sea lane {n} (a route used by ships) | :: נתיב ספנות {m} /netiv sapanut/ |
| sea lion {n} (member of the Otariidae family) | :: ארי ים {m} /arí yam/ |
| seam {n} | :: תפר {m} /tefer/ |
| seaman {n} (mariner or sailor) SEE: sailor | :: |
| seamstress {n} (a woman who sews clothes professionally) | :: תופרת /tophérét/ |
| Sean {prop} (a male given name) | :: שון /shon/ |
| Sea of Galilee {prop} (lake in northern Israel) | :: כנרת {m} /kinéret/, ים כנרת {m} /yam kinéret/ |
| Sea of Japan {prop} (the sea between Japan and the rest of Asia) | :: ים יפן {m} /yam yapán/ |
| Sea of Okhotsk {prop} (sea) | :: ים אוחוצק |
| seapower {n} (naval military power) | :: עצמה ימית {f} /otsmah yamit/, מעצמה ימית {f} /ma'atsamah yamit/ |
| search {v} (to search) SEE: look | :: |
| search {n} (an attempt to find something) | :: חיפוש {m} /khipús/ |
| search {v} (to look throughout (a place) for something) | :: חיפש \ חפש /khipés/ |
| search engine {n} (application that searches for data) | :: מנוע חיפוש {m} /m'nóa-khipús/ |
| sea salt {n} (salt prepared by evaporating sea water) | :: מלח ים {m} /melakh yam/ |
| seashell {n} (shell) | :: צדף {m} /tzédef/ |
| sea-sickness {n} (seasickness) SEE: seasickness | :: |
| seasickness {n} (a feeling of nausea caused by the motion of a ship) | :: מחלת ים \ מחלת ים {f} /makhalát yam/ |
| season {n} (quarter of a year) | :: עונה {f} /oná/ |
| season {v} (to flavour food) | :: תיבל /tee-BEL/ |
| seasteading {n} (creation of permanent dwellings at sea) | :: התיישבות-ים |
| seat belt {n} (restraining belt) | :: חגורת בטיחות {f} |
| sea turtle {n} (any turtle that inhabits oceans) | :: צב ים {m} /tsáv-yám/ |
| sea urchin {n} (any of many marine echinoderms of the class Echinoidea) | :: קיפוד ים /kipod yam/ |
| seawater {n} (salt water of a sea or ocean) | :: מי ים {m-p} /mey yam/ |
| seaweed {n} (marine plants and algae) | :: אצה |
| seaworthiness {n} (property of being fit to go to sea) | :: כשר שיט {m} /kosher shayit/ |
| seaworthy {adj} (fit for the sea) | :: כשיר לשיט {m} /kashir leshayit/ |
| seclusion {n} (The act of secluding, or the state of being secluded; a shutting out or keeping apart, or the state of being shut out) | :: התבודדות {f} /hitbodedút/ |
| second {adj} (second (numeral), see also: 2nd) | :: שני {m} /sheni/ |
| second {adj} (that comes after the first) | :: שני /sheni/ |
| second {n} (music: interval between two adjacent notes) | :: דקה, דקות {p} |
| second {n} (one-sixtieth of a minute; SI unit of time) | :: שניה {f} /sh'niyá/ |
| second {n} (unit of angular measure) | :: שניה {f} /sh'niyá/ |
| second {n} (short, indeterminate amount of time) | :: שניה {f} /sh'niyá/ |
| second person {n} (the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is the audience) | :: נוכח {m} /nokhéakh/, גוף שני {m} /gúf shení/ |
| Second World War {prop} (World War II) SEE: World War II | :: |
| secret {n} (knowledge that is hidden) | :: סוד {m} /sod/ |
| secret {adj} (being or kept hidden.) | :: סודי /sodi/ |
| secretariat {n} (the office or department of a government secretary) | :: מזכירות /mazkirut/ |
| secretary {n} (person keeping records and handling clerical work) | :: מזכיר {m} /mazkir/, מזכירה {f} /mazkira/ |
| secret of Polichinelle {n} (secret known to everyone) | :: סוד גלוי {m} |
| secret police {n} (police operating outside normal boundaries of law) | :: משטרה סודי {f} /mishtara sodi/ |
| sect {n} (religious movement) | :: כת {f} /kat/ |
| section {n} (cutting, part cut out) | :: קטע |
| secular {adj} (not specifically religious) | :: חול \ חל /ḥoll/ |
| security {n} (condition of not being threatened) | :: בטחון {m} /bitakhón/ |
| security {n} (organization or department responsible for providing security) | :: ביטחון {m} /bitakhón/ |
| sedimentary rock {n} (one of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth) | :: סלע משקע |
| see {v} (perceive with the eyes) | :: ראה /ra'ah/ |
| seed {n} (fertilized grain) | :: זרע {m} /zéra'/ |
| seed {v} (to plant or sow seeds) | :: זרע /zará/ |
| seek {v} (to try to find) | :: חפש /khipés/ |
| seeker {n} (One who seeks) | :: מחפש {m} /mekhapés/ |
| seel {v} (To blind) SEE: blind | :: |
| seem {v} (to appear, to seem) SEE: look | :: |
| seem {v} (to appear) | :: נראה /nir'á/ |
| seemingly {adv} (apparently) SEE: apparently | :: |
| see Naples and die {proverb} (since nothing compares to the beauty of Naples, you can die after you've seen it) | :: לראות את נאפולי ולמות /lir'ót et Nápoli v'lamút/ |
| see off {v} (to defeat) SEE: defeat | :: |
| seepage {n} (process) | :: הסתננות (histanenút) |
| see the forest for the trees {v} (to be overwhelmed by detail to the point where it obscures the overall situation) | :: מרב עצים לא רואים את היער /miróv 'etzím lo roím et hayá'ar/ |
| see-through {adj} (transparent) SEE: transparent | :: |
| see ya {interj} (see you) SEE: see you | :: |
| see you {phrase} (see you later) | :: להתראות /lehitra'ót/ |
| see you later {phrase} (goodbye) | :: להתראות /lehitraót/ |
| Sega {prop} (Japanese videogame developer) | :: סגה {f} /Séga/ |
| segol {n} (a Hebrew niqqud diacritical mark) | :: סגול {m} /segól/ |
| seismology {n} (the study of the vibration of the Earth's interior) | :: סייסמולוגיה |
| seizure {n} (sudden attack or convulsion) | :: התקף {m} /hetqéf/ |
| seldom {adv} (infrequently, rarely) | :: לעתים רחוקות /le'eteym rekhokót/ |
| select {v} (to choose one or more elements from a set) | :: בחר /bakhár/ |
| selenium {n} (chemical element) | :: סלניום {m} /selenyum/ |
| self {n} (individual person as the object of his own reflective consciousness) | :: עצמי |
| self- {prefix} (of, by, in or with oneself or itself) | :: עצמי /atzmí/ |
| self-conscious {adj} (aware of oneself as an individual being) | :: נבוך {m} /navoh/ |
| self-explanatory {adj} (explaining itself) | :: מובן מאליו {m} /muván me'eláv/ |
| selfie {n} (photographic self-portrait) | :: סלפי {m} /sélfi/ |
| selfie {v} (to take a selfie) | :: עשה סלפי /'asá sélfi/ |
| self-interest {n} (personal interest) | :: אינטרס עצמי {m} /interes 'atsmi/ |
| selfishness {n} (quality of being selfish) | :: אנוכיות |
| self-portrait {n} (portrait of the painter who painted it) | :: דיוקן עצמי {m} /dyoqán atzmí/ |
| self-serving {adj} (showing interest only in oneself) | :: אינטרסנט, תועלתן |
| sell {v} (to agree to transfer goods or provide services) | :: מכר {m} /makhár/ |
| sell short {v} (to underestimate the value of something) SEE: underestimate | :: |
| semantic field {n} (group of words relating to same subject) | :: שדה סמנטי {m} |
| semantics {n} | :: דקדוק {m} /dikdúk/ |
| semaphore {n} (visual system for transmitting information) | :: סמפור {m} /semafor/ |
| semaphore {n} (visual system for transmitting information using flags) | :: סמפור {m} /semafor/ |
| semaphore {n} (mechanism used to restrict access to a shared function or device to a single process at a time) | :: סמפור {m} /semafor/ |
| semblance {n} (likeness, similarity) | :: דמיון {m} /dimyón/ |
| semen {n} (semen (fluid)) SEE: sperm | :: |
| semen {n} (male reproductory fluid) | :: זרע {m} /zera'/, זרמה {f} /zirma/ |
| semi- {prefix} (half (prefix)) | :: חצי־ /khatsí-/ |
| semicircle {n} (half of a circle) | :: חצי עגול {m} /khatsí igúl/ |
| semicolon {n} (punctuation mark ';') | :: נקודה ופסיק \ נקדה ופסיק {m} /n'kudá uf'sík/ |
| Semite {n} (descendant of any of these peoples) | :: שמי {m} /shémi/, שמית {f} /shémit/ |
| Semitic {adj} (pertaining to the Semitic subdivision of Afroasiatic languages) | :: שמי /shémi/ |
| senate {n} (the upper house in some bicameral legislative systems) | :: כנסט |
| Senate {prop} (legislative body) | :: סנאט {m} /senát/ |
| Senate {prop} (US Senate) | :: סנאט {m} /senát/ |
| senator {n} (member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate) | :: סנטור / סנאטור {m} /senator/, סנאטורית {f} /senatorit/ |
| senator {n} (historic: position in government of ancient Rome) | :: סנטור / סנאטור {m} /senator/ |
| send {v} (make something go somewhere) | :: שלח /shalákh/ |
| Sendai {prop} (a city of Japan) | :: סנדאי |
| Senegal {prop} (Republic of Senegal) | :: סנגל /senegal/ |
| sense {n} (manner by which living beings perceive the physical world) | :: חוש {m} /khúsh/ |
| sense {n} (conscious awareness) | :: תחושה {f} /tkhúsha/ |
| sense {n} (sound judgement) | :: הגיון {m} /higayón/ |
| sense {n} (natural ability) | :: חוש {m} /khúsh/ |
| sense {n} (semantics term) | :: מובן {m} /muván/ |
| sense {v} (use biological senses) | :: חש /khash/ |
| sense of humour {n} (quality of an individual to find certain things funny) | :: חוש הומור /khush humor/ |
| sensitive {adj} (easily offended) | :: רגיש |
| sensitive {adj} (capable of offending) | :: רגיש |
| sentence {n} (grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate) | :: משפט {m} /mishpat/ |
| Seoul {prop} (capital of South Korea) | :: סיאול {m}, סאול {m} /si'úl/ |
| separate the wheat from the chaff {v} (to select only that which is of value) | :: לבור את הבר מן התבן /lavúr et habár min hatéven/ |
| separation {n} (act of disuniting two or more things) | :: הבדלה {f} /havdalá/ |
| separatism {n} (separatism) | :: בדלנות {f} /badlanút/ |
| Sephardi {n} (a Jew of Iberian ancestry, whose native language was Ladino) | :: ספרדי {m} /s'faradí/ |
| Sephardic {adj} (relating to the culture of the Sephardi Jews) | :: ספרדי /s'faradí/ |
| sepia {n} (cuttlefish) SEE: cuttlefish | :: |
| September {prop} (ninth month of the Gregorian calendar) | :: ספטמבר \ ספטמבר {m} /septémber/ |
| Septuagint {prop} (an ancient translation of the Hebrew Bible into Greek) | :: תרגום השבעים {m} /targum ha-shiv‘iyím/ |
| sequel {n} (a narrative written after another narrative set in the same universe) | :: המשך {?} /hemsheikh/ |
| sequence {n} (in mathematics, an ordered list of objects) | :: סדרה {f} /sidrá/ |
| sequence {n} (series of shots that depict a single action or style) | :: רצף |
| seraph {n} (highest order of angels) | :: שרף {m} |
| seraphim {n} (plural of seraph) | :: שרפים {p} /s'rafím/ |
| Serb {n} (person of Serb descent, see also: Serbian) | :: סרבי {m} /servi/, סרבית {f} /servít/ |
| Serbia {prop} (a country in southeastern Europe) | :: סרביה {f} /serbiya/ |
| Serbia and Montenegro {prop} (former country on the Balkan Peninsula) | :: סרביה ומונטנגרו /Serbiyah va-Mônṭenegrô/ |
| Serbian {n} (person from Serbia, see also: Serb) | :: סרבי {m} /servi/, סרבית {f} /servít/ |
| Serbian {n} (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) | :: סרבית {f} /serbít/ |
| Serbian {adj} (pertaining to Serbia and Serbians) | :: סרבי /servi/ |
| Serbian {n} (Serb) SEE: Serb | :: |
| Serbo-Croatian {n} (South Slavic language) | :: סרבו־קרואטית {f} /serbo-kro'átit/ |
| serenity {n} (state) | :: רגע {m} /róga'/ |
| serf {n} (semifree peasant) | :: צמית {m} /tsamit/, אריס {m} /aris/ |
| sergeant {n} (non-commissioned officer rank) | :: סמל {m} /samál/ |
| serial killer {n} (person who commits multiple murders) | :: רוצח סדרתי {m} /rotseakh sidrati/ |
| series {n} (a number of things that follow on one after the other) | :: סדרה {f} /sidrá/ |
| series {n} (television or radio program) | :: סדרה {f} /sidrá/ |
| series {n} (in analysis: sum of the terms of a sequence) | :: טור {?} |
| serif {n} (short line in a font) | :: תג {m} /tag/ |
| serigraphy {n} (printing method) SEE: screen printing | :: |
| serious {adj} (important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play) | :: רציני /r'tsiní/ |
| serious {adj} (really intending what is said; being in earnest) | :: רציני /r'tsiní/ |
| sermon {n} (religious discourse) | :: דרשה, הטפה |
| serpent {n} (snake) | :: נחש {m} /nakhásh/, שרף {m} /saraf/ |
| Serpentarius {prop} (Ophiuchus) SEE: Ophiuchus | :: |
| servant {n} (one who is hired to perform regular household or other duties, and receives compensation) | :: משרת {m} /m'sharét/ |
| servant {n} | :: עבד /eved/ |
| server {n} (computing: a program which provides services to other programs or users) | :: שרת {m} /sharat/ |
| server {n} | :: שרת {m} /sharat/ |
| Servian {adj} (Serbian) SEE: Serbian | :: |
| Servian {n} (Serbian) SEE: Serbian | :: |
| Servian {prop} (Serbian) SEE: Serbian | :: |
| service {n} (practice of providing services as economic activity) | :: שירות {m} /sheirút/ |
| service {n} (the military) | :: שירות {m} |
| service {n} (set of dishes or utensils) | :: שירות {m} /sheirút/ |
| service {n} (shared taxi) | :: שירות |
| service station {n} (gas station) SEE: gas station | :: |
| serviette {n} (napkin) SEE: napkin | :: |
| sesame {n} (plant) | :: סומסום /sumsum/ |
| session {n} (period devoted to a particular activity) | :: ישיבה {f} /y'shivá/ |
| set {v} (to put something down) | :: הניח /heníakh/, שם /sam/ |
| set {v} (to determine) | :: קבע /kavá/ |
| set {v} (to adjust) | :: כיוון /kivén/ |
| set {v} (to arrange with dishes and cutlery) | :: ערך /arákh/ |
| set {v} (to locate, to backdrop) | :: מיקם /mikém/ |
| set {v} (to devise and assign work) | :: הקצה /hiktzá/ |
| set {v} (to solidify) | :: קרש /karásh/ |
| set {v} (of a heavenly body: to disappear below the horizon) | :: שקע /shaká/, בא /ba/ |
| set {adj} (ready, prepared) | :: מוכן /mukhán/ |
| set {n} (matching collection of similar things, such as a set of tables) | :: סט {m} /sét/, אוסף {m} /ósef/ |
| set {n} (collection of various objects for a particular purpose, such as a set of tools) | :: סט {m} /sét/, ערכה {f} /erká/ |
| set {n} (set theory: collection of objects) | :: קבוצה {f} /kvutza/ |
| set {v} (to sit) SEE: sit | :: |
| set {n} (plural: set theory) SEE: set theory | :: |
| Set {prop} (Egyptian god) | :: סת /Set/ |
| set forth {v} (to start) SEE: start | :: |
| Seth {prop} (Egyptian god) | :: סת /Set/ |
| set off {v} (To offset) SEE: offset | :: |
| set on fire {v} (cause to begin to burn) | :: הצית /hitsít/, הדליק /hidlík/ |
| set on fire {v} (arouse passionate feelings in) | :: הצית /hitsít/ |
| set theory {n} (mathematical theory of sets) | :: תורת הקבוצות |
| settle {v} (to fix one's dwelling) | :: התנחל |
| settle {v} | :: הסכים {m} /hiskim/, הגיע לעמק השווה {m} /higi`a le`emeq hashaveh/ |
| settlement {n} (newly established colony) | :: התנחלות /hitnakhlut, hitnakhalut/ |
| settler {n} (someone who settles in a new location) | :: מתנחל {m} /mitnakhél/ |
| Sevastopol {prop} (city) | :: סבסטופול |
| seven {num} (cardinal number 7) | :: שבע {f} /sheva/ , שבעה {m} /shiv'a/ |
| seven deadly sins {n} (the cardinal sins) | :: שבעת קטלנית חטאים /shivat qatlanít chataím/ |
| sevennight {n} (period of seven consecutive days and nights) SEE: week | :: |
| seventeen {num} (cardinal number) | :: שבע־עשרה {f} /shva esre/ , שבעה־עשר {m} /shiv'a asar/ |
| seventh {adj} (ordinal form of the number seven, see also: 7th) | :: שביעי /shebîy‛îy, shebi‛îy/ |
| seventh heaven {n} (state of great joy and satisfaction) | :: הרקיע השביעי {m} /harakía hashvi'í/ |
| seventy {num} (cardinal number) | :: שבעים {m} {f} /shiv‘ím/ |
| seventy-eight {num} (78) | :: שבעים־ושמנה /šivím və-šmoná/ |
| seventy-five {num} (75) | :: שבעים־וחמשה /šivím və-khamišá/ |
| seventy-four {num} (74) | :: שבעים־וארבעה /šivím və-arbá/ |
| seventy-nine {num} (79) | :: שבעים־ותשעה /šivím və-téyša/ |
| seventy-one {num} (71) | :: שבעים־ואחד /šivím və-ekhád/ |
| seventy-seven {num} (77) | :: שבעים־ושבעה /šivím və-šivá/ |
| seventy-six {num} (76) | :: שבעים־וששה /šivím və-šišá/ |
| seventy-three {num} (73) | :: שבעים־ושלשה /šivím və-šlošá/ |
| seventy-two {num} (72) | :: שבעים־ושנים /šivím və-šnáyim/ |
| Seville {prop} (city in Andalusia, Spain) | :: סביליה {f} /Sevília/ |
| sew {v} ((transitive) use a needle) | :: תפר /tafár/ |
| sewer {n} (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage) | :: ביב {m} /biv/, ביוב {m} /biyúv/ |
| sex {n} (act of sexual intercourse) | :: יחסי מין {m-p} /yakhaséy min/ , מין {m} /min/, סקס {m} /seks/ |
| sex {n} (gender (female or male)) | :: מין {m} /min/, מגדר /migdár/ |
| sex {v} (informal: to have sex with) | :: קיים יחסים /kiyém yakhasím/ , זיין /ziyén/ |
| sexism {n} (gender discrimination or dislike) | :: אפליה מינית |
| sexology {n} (study of sex and sexuality) | :: סקסולוגיה {f} |
| sex slave {n} (slave kept for the purpose of sexual exploitation) | :: שפחת מין {f} /shifḥát min/ |
| sext {n} (noon) SEE: noon | :: |
| sex toy {n} (sex aid) | :: אביזר מין {m} /avizár min/ |
| sexual {adj} (of or relating to having sex) | :: מיני /miní/ |
| sexual harassment {n} (sexual harassment) | :: הטרדה מינית {f} // |
| sexual intercourse {n} (sexual interaction) | :: יחסי מין {m-p} /yakhaséy min/, הזדווגות \ הזדוגות {f} /hizdav'gút/ |
| sexuality {n} (sexual orientation) SEE: sexual orientation | :: |
| sexuality {n} (concern with or interest in sexual activity) | :: מיניות {f} /miniyút/ |
| sexually transmitted disease {n} (disease contracted through sexual contact) | :: מחלת מין {f} /maẖlát min/ |
| sexual orientation {n} (sexual orientation) | :: נטייה מינית {f} /netiya minit/ |
| sexy {adj} (having sexual appeal) | :: סקסי /seksi/ |
| Seychelles {prop} (country in East Africa) | :: סישל / סיישל /seyshel/ |
| Sfax {prop} (Tunisian city) | :: ספקס |
| Shabbat shalom {phrase} (good wishes at Jewish sabbath) | :: שבת שלום |
| shabbos goy {n} (gentile servant) | :: גוי של שבת {m} /goy shel shabat/ |
| shack {n} (crude hut) | :: צריף /tsrif/ |
| shadda {n} (diacritic used in the Arabic script) | :: שדה {f} /shadá/ |
| shade {n} (variety of color) | :: גוון {m} /gáven/ |
| shade {v} (to shield from light) | :: הצל /hetsél/ |
| shadow {n} (dark image projected onto a surface) | :: צל {m} /tzel/ |
| shadow {n} (spirit, ghost) SEE: ghost | :: |
| shaft {n} (main axis of a feather) | :: קלמוס {m} /qulmús/, קנה {m} /qané/ |
| shaft {n} (long passage sunk into the earth) | :: פיר {m} /pir/ |
| shaft {n} (vertical passage housing a lift) | :: פיר {m} /pir/ |
| shah {n} (king of Persia) | :: שאה {m} |
| shahada {n} (Islamic declaration of belief) | :: שהאדה {f} /shahada/ |
| shaheed {n} (martyr) SEE: martyr | :: |
| shake {v} (transitive: to cause to move) | :: זעזע /zi'zéa'/, ניער /ni'ér/ |
| shake {v} (transitive: to disturb emotionally) | :: זעזע /zi'zéa'/ |
| shake {n} (beverage made of ice cream and carbonated drink) SEE: float | :: |
| Shakespeare {prop} (English playwright) | :: שייקספיר {m} /sheykspir/ |
| shakshuka {n} | :: שקשוקה |
| shallow {n} (shallow portion of an otherwise deep body of water) | :: רדדה {f} /rededah/ |
| shalom {interj} (transliteration of the Jewish greeting or farewell) | :: שלום /shalóm/ |
| shalom aleichem {interj} (peace be upon you ) | :: שלום עליכם /shalóm 'aleikhém/ |
| shaman {n} (a medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | :: שמאן {m} /shaman/, שמאנית {f} /shamanit/ |
| shame {n} (uncomfortable or painful feeling) | :: בושה {f} /bushá/ |
| shame {v} (to cause to feel shame) | :: בייש {m} /biyésh/ |
| shameless {adj} (having no shame) | :: חסר בושה /ḥasar bushah/ |
| shame on you {interj} (expression of disapproval) | :: התבייש לך /hitbayésh lekhá/ |
| shampoo {n} (product for washing the hair or other fibres) | :: שמפו {m} /shampu/ |
| shamrock {n} (any of several small plants, forms of clover) SEE: clover | :: |
| Shang-hai {prop} (Shanghai) SEE: Shanghai | :: |
| Shanghai {prop} (Chinese city as provincial-level municipality) | :: שאנגחאי /shang-khái/ |
| shape {n} (status or condition) | :: מצב {m} /matsáv/ |
| shape {n} (appearance or outline) | :: צורה {f} /tsurá/ |
| shape {n} (figure) | :: צורה {f} /tsurá/ |
| shape {v} (to give something a shape) | :: עיצב /itsév/ |
| Shapiro {prop} (surname Shapiro) | :: שפירו /shapiro/, שפירא /shapira/ |
| share {n} (portion of something) | :: חלק {m} /khalek/ |
| share {n} (financial instrument) | :: מניה {f} /m’naya/ |
| share {v} (to give) | :: לחלוק |
| share {v} (to have in common) | :: לשתף |
| share taxi {n} (a vehicle for hire, taking passengers on a fixed or semi-fixed route without timetables) | :: שירות {m} |
| shari'a {n} (Islamic religious law) | :: שריעה {f} /sharí'a/ |
| shark {n} (fish) | :: כריש {m} /karísh/ |
| sharp {adj} (able to cut easily) | :: חד {m} /ḥad/, שנון {m} /shanún/ |
| sharp {adj} (intelligent) | :: חריף {m} /ḥaríf/, שנון {m} /shanún/ |
| sharp {adj} (pointed, able to pierce easily) | :: חד {m} /ḥad/ |
| sharp {adj} (of a note, played a semitone higher than usual) | :: דיאז {m} /diéz/ |
| sharp {adj} (having an intense, acrid flavour) | :: חריף {m} /ḥaríf/ |
| sharp {adj} (intense and sudden (of pain)) | :: חד {m} /ḥad/ |
| sharp {adj} (observant, alert, acute) | :: חד {m} /ḥad/ |
| sharp {adj} (forming a small angle) | :: חד {m} /ḥad/ |
| sharpener {n} (device for making things sharp) | :: מחדד {m} (mekhadéd) |
| sharpshooter {n} (marksman) | :: צלף /tsalaf/ |
| sharp-tailed sandpiper {n} (Calidris acuminata) | :: חופית חדת־זנב |
| shashlik {n} (skewered dish) | :: שישליק |
| shave {v} (to remove hair from one's face) | :: התגלח |
| shaver {n} (boy) SEE: boy | :: |
| shaver {n} (barber) SEE: barber | :: |
| shaving brush {n} (brush for applying shaving cream) | :: מברשת גילוח \ מברשת גלוח {f} /mivréshet giluákh/ |
| shavua tov {phrase} (good wishes for the week following the Jewish sabbath) | :: שבוע טוב /shavúa tov/ |
| Shavuot {prop} (Jewish holiday) | :: שבועות {m} /shavu'ót/ |
| shawarma {n} (Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap) | :: שווארמה {f} /shavarma/, שוורמה {f} /shavarma/ |
| shawl {n} (a square piece of cloth worn as a covering for the head, neck, and shoulders) | :: של {m} /shal/ |
| shchi {n} (a type of Russian soup) | :: שצ׳י |
| she {pron} (person) | :: היא /hi/ |
| sheaf {n} | :: עמר /omer/ |
| shear {n} (the act of shearing, or something removed by shearing) | :: גז {m} /gez/ |
| she-ass {n} (female ass, female donkey, jenny) | :: אתון {f} |
| sheath {n} (scabbard) SEE: scabbard | :: |
| sheath {n} (condom) SEE: condom | :: |
| sheath {n} (long case) | :: נרתיק {m} /nartik/ |
| Sheba {prop} (biblical kingdom) | :: שבא /sh'vá/ |
| she-bear {n} (a female bear) | :: דבה {f} /dubbá/ |
| shebop {v} (masturbate) SEE: masturbate | :: |
| shed {n} (temporary structure to shelter something) | :: צריף {m} /tsrif/ |
| shed light on {v} (to illuminate) | :: שפך אור על /shafákh ór ál/ |
| sheep {n} (animal) | :: כבש {m} /kéves/ |
| sheepherder {n} (shepherd) SEE: shepherd | :: |
| sheer {adj} (pure) SEE: pure | :: |
| sheer {n} (nautical: curve of main deck) | :: כפף {m} /kfaf/ |
| sheet {n} (sheet of paper) | :: דף {m} /daf/ |
| sheet {n} (thin bed cloth) SEE: bedsheet | :: |
| sheet anchor {n} (a source of help in times of danger) | :: עגן הצלה {m} /ogen hatsala/ |
| sheet bend {n} (knot) | :: רכס מיתר {m} /rekhes meytar/ |
| sheet metal {n} (Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet) | :: פח {m} /paẖ/ |
| shegetz {n} (non-Jewish male) | :: שקץ {m} /shekets/ |
| she-goat {n} (female goat) | :: עז {f} /éz/ |
| sheik {n} (leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe) | :: שייח׳ / שיח {m} /sheykh/ |
| shekel {n} (ancient unit of weight) | :: שקל {m} /shekel/ |
| shekel {n} (sheqel) SEE: sheqel | :: |
| shelf {n} (structure) | :: מדף {m} /madáf/ |
| shell-less {adj} (unprotected, vulnerable) | :: פגיע |
| shelter {n} (a refuge or other protection) | :: מקלט {m} /miklát/ |
| shemale {n} (a male-to-female transsexual or transgender person) | :: קוקסינל {m} /qoqsinél/ |
| Shemini Atzeret {prop} (Jewish holiday) | :: שמיני עצרת {m} /sh'miní 'atséret/ |
| Shenzhen {prop} (a city in China) | :: שנג'ן |
| shepherd {n} (a person who tends sheep) | :: רועה {m} /ro'é/ |
| shepherd {n} (someone who watches over or guides) | :: רועה {m} /ro'é/ |
| sheqel {n} (currency unit in Israel) | :: שקל {m} /shékel/ |
| Sheremetyevo {prop} (airport in Russia) | :: משרמטבו |
| sheriff {n} (all meanings) | :: שריף {m} /šeríf/ |
| Sherlock Holmes {prop} (fictional detective) | :: שרלוק הולמס {m} |
| Shevat {prop} (fifth month of the Jewish calendar) | :: שבט {m} /sh'vát/ |
| she-wolf {n} (female wolf) | :: זאבה {f} /zeevá, ze’evá/ |
| shh {interj} (requesting silence) | :: שקט /shéket/ |
| Shi'a {n} (follower of Shi'a Islam) | :: שיעי |
| Shia Islam {prop} (denomination of Islam) | :: אסלאם שיעי |
| Shibuya {prop} (one of the special wards that form Tokyo) | :: שיבויה {f} /Shibuyá/ |
| shield {n} (lavatory) SEE: toilet | :: |
| shield {n} (armor) | :: מגן {m} /magén/ |
| shield {n} (anything that protects or defends) | :: מגן {m} /magén/, שריון {m} /shiryon/ |
| shift {n} (change of workers) | :: משמרת {f} /mishméret/ |
| Shih Tzu {n} (small dog breed which originated in China) | :: שי טסו |
| Shiite {n} (Shi'a) SEE: Shi'a | :: |
| Shikoku {prop} (Japanese island) | :: שיקוקו |
| Shimla {prop} (capital of Himachal Pradesh, India) | :: שימלה |
| Shimon {prop} (male given name) SEE: Simeon | :: |
| Shimshon {prop} (given name) SEE: Samson | :: |
| shin {n} (front part of the leg below the knee) | :: שוק {m} /shok/ |
| shin {n} (Semitic letter) | :: שין /shin/ |
| shine {v} (to emit light) | :: זרח /zarákh/ |
| shine {n} (brightness from reflected light) | :: ברק {m} /baráq/ |
| shine {n} (sunshine) SEE: sunshine | :: |
| shiner {n} (black eye) SEE: black eye | :: |
| shingles {n} (herpes zoster) | :: שלבקת חוגרת {p} |
| shinkansen {n} (bullet train) SEE: bullet train | :: |
| Shinto {prop} (religion) | :: שינטו {m} /shinto/ |
| Shintoism {prop} (Shinto) SEE: Shinto | :: |
| ship {n} (large water vessel) | :: ספינה {f} /sfiná/, אניה \ אונייה {f} /oniyá/ |
| ship of the desert {n} | :: ספינת המדבר {f} /sfinat hamidbar/ |
| shipworm {n} (Marine mollusc that bores through wood) | :: תולעת אניות {f} /tola'at oniyot/ |
| shipwreck {n} (A ship that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy.) | :: טרפת {f} /trofet/, אניה טרופה {f} /oniyah trufah/ |
| Shiraz {prop} (a city in southern Iran) | :: שיראז {f} |
| shirt {n} (article of clothing) | :: חולצה \ חלצה {f} /khultsá/ |
| shisha {n} (arabic water-pipe) SEE: hookah | :: |
| shit {n} | :: חרא {m} /khará/ |
| shit happens {phrase} (expression of acceptance of misfortune) SEE: such is life | :: |
| shithole {n} (anus) SEE: asshole | :: |
| shithole {n} (unpleasant person) SEE: asshole | :: |
| shittah {n} (a type of tree and its wood) | :: שטה {f} |
| shitter {n} (coarse slang for the anus) SEE: anus | :: |
| shitty {adj} (drunk) SEE: drunk | :: |
| shitty {adj} (high) SEE: high | :: |
| shiva {n} (period of mourning) | :: שבעה {f} /shiv'á/ |
| shive {n} (shiva) SEE: shiva | :: |
| Shlomo {prop} (given name) SEE: Solomon | :: |
| Shoah {prop} (the systematic mass murder of 6 million Jews) SEE: Holocaust | :: |
| shoal {n} (group of fish) SEE: school | :: |
| shock {v} (to cause to be emotionally shocked) | :: זעזע /zi'zéa'/ |
| shock and awe {n} (doctrine based on the use of spectacular displays of force) | :: הלם ומורא |
| shocking {adj} (inspiring shock; startling) | :: מדהים, מזעזע, מהמם |
| shocking {adj} (extremely bad) | :: מזעזע |
| shoe {n} (protective covering for the foot) | :: נעל {m} /náal/ |
| shoe {n} (piece of metal designed to be attached to a horse’s foot) SEE: horseshoe | :: |
| shoebill {n} (wading bird) | :: מנעלן {m} /min'alan/ |
| shoehorn {n} (tool used to assist the foot) | :: כף נעליים {m} /kaf na'alayim/ |
| shoelace {n} (for fastening a shoe, see also: lace) | :: שרוכים |
| shoestring {n} (the string or lace used to secure the shoe to the foot; a shoelace) SEE: shoelace | :: |
| shofar {n} (ram’s-horn trumpet) | :: שופר {m} /shofár/ |
| shogun {n} (supreme generalissimo of feudal Japan) | :: שוגון {m} /shogun/ |
| shoot {v} (to fire a shot) | :: ירה /yará/ |
| shoot {v} (to fire multiple shots) | :: ירה /yaráh/ |
| shoot {v} (to hit with a shot) | :: ירה /yaráh/ |
| shooting range {n} (a facility designed for firearms practice) | :: מטווח |
| shop {n} (establishment that sells goods) | :: חנות /khanút/ |
| shoppe {n} (shop) SEE: shop | :: |
| shopping center {n} (shopping centre) SEE: shopping centre | :: |
| shopping centre {n} (large retail outlet) | :: קניון {m} /kanyon/ |
| shopping mall {n} (shopping centre) SEE: shopping centre | :: |
| shop window {n} (large window at the front of a shop) | :: חלון ראווה /khalon re'ava/ |
| shore {n} (land adjoining a large body of water) | :: חוף {m} /khof/ |
| short {adj} (having a small distance between ends or edges) | :: קצר /katsár/ |
| short {adj} (of a person, of comparatively small height) | :: נמוך {m} /namúch/ |
| shortbread {n} (biscuit) | :: שורטברד |
| shortcoming {n} (deficiency) | :: מגרעה |
| shorten {v} (to make shorter) | :: קיצר /kitsér/ |
| short of {phrase} (except) SEE: except | :: |
| shorts {n} (plural of short) SEE: short | :: |
| shorts {n} (pants worn primarily in the summer that do not go lower than the knees) | :: מכנסיים קצרים |
| short-sightedness {n} (disorder of the vision) SEE: nearsightedness | :: |
| short story {n} (work of fiction) | :: ספור קצר / סיפור קצר {m} /sipúr katsár/ |
| shot {n} (small metal balls used as ammunition) | :: קלע {m} /kela/, כדור תותח {m} /kadur totakh/ |
| shotgun {n} | :: רובה ציד {f} |
| shot put {n} (athletics event) | :: הדיפת כדור ברזל {m} /hadifát kadúr barzél/ |
| shoulder {n} (joint between arm and torso) | :: כתף {f} /katéf/ |
| shoulder {n} (a verge to the side of a road) | :: שוליים {m-p} /shuláyim/, שול {m} /shól/ |
| shoulder {v} (put (something) on one's shoulders) | :: נשא /nasá/ |
| shoulder blade {n} (bone) | :: שכם {m} /shéchem/ |
| shoulder bone {n} (shoulder blade) SEE: shoulder blade | :: |
| shout {v} (to utter a sudden and loud outcry) | :: צעק /tsa’ák/, צרח /tsarách/ |
| shovel {n} (spade) SEE: spade | :: |
| shovel {n} (tool for moving portions of material) | :: את {m} /et/ |
| show {v} (to display) | :: הציג /hitsíg/, הראה /her'á/ |
| show {v} (to indicate (a fact) to be true) | :: הראה /her'é/ |
| show {n} (entertainment) | :: הופעה {f} /hofa'á/ |
| show {n} (exhibition) | :: מופע {m} /mofá/ |
| show {n} (broadcast program(me)) | :: תוכנית {f} /tokhnít/ |
| showboat {n} (river steamer with theatre) | :: ספינת שעשועים {f} /sfinat sha'ashu'im/ |
| shower {n} (brief fall of rain) | :: ממטר {m} /mimtar/ |
| shower {n} (device for bathing) | :: מקלחת {f} /miklákhat/ |
| shower {n} (instance of using of this device) | :: מקלחת {f} /mikláḥat/ |
| shower {v} (to bathe using a shower) | :: התקלח /hitkaléaḥ/ |
| shower {v} (to bestow liberally) | :: הרעיף /hir'íf/ |
| show one's face {v} (To appear publicly) | :: הראה את הפרצוף שלו /hir'á ét hapartsúf sheló/ |
| shrew {n} (woman) | :: מרשעת {f} /mirshá'at/ |
| Shrewsbury {prop} (town in Shropshire, England) | :: שרוסברי |
| shriek {n} (a sharp, shrill outcry or scream) | :: צווחה {f} /tsvaḥa/ |
| shrimp {n} (decapod crustacean) | :: חסילון {m} /chasilón/, שרימפ {m} /shrimp/ |
| shrine {n} (a holy place dedicated to a specific figure of respect) | :: מקדש {m} /mikdásh/ |
| shrink {v} (intransitive: to contract, to become smaller) | :: התכווץ /hitkavéts/, קטון /katón/ |
| shrink {v} (transitive: to cause something to shrink) | :: כיווץ /kivéts/, הקטין /hiktín/ |
| shrithe {v} (to go about, roam) SEE: roam | :: |
| shrive {v} (confess) SEE: confess | :: |
| shroom {n} (mushroom) SEE: mushroom | :: |
| shroud {n} (dress for the dead) | :: תכריך {m} /tachrích/ |
| shroud {n} (mast support) | :: רכסה {f} /rikhsah/, ונטה {f} /vantah/, יתר צד {m} /yeter tsad/ |
| shudder {v} (to shake nervously, as if from fear) | :: התפלץ /hitpalétz/ |
| shunting {n} (the manipulation of railway rolling stock) | :: עיתוק {m} /it'uk/ |
| shuriken {n} (a ninja weapon) | :: שוריקן {m} /shuriken/ |
| shut {v} ((transitive) to close) | :: סגר /sagár/ |
| shut one's trap {v} (shut up) SEE: shut up | :: |
| shutter {n} (protective panels over windows) | :: תריס {m} /tris/ |
| shutter {n} (part of a camera) | :: תריס {m} /tris/ |
| shut up {v} (imperative: "Shut up!", see also: hold one's tongue) | :: שתוק /shtók/, סתום /stóm/, סתום ת'פה /stóm tapé/ |
| shut up {v} ("I don't believe it!") | :: די /day/ |
| shvitz {n} (sweat) SEE: sweat | :: |
| shy {adj} (easily frightened) | :: בישן {m} /bayshán/ |
| shy {adj} (cautious) | :: זהיר /zahír/ |
| shy {adj} (embarrassed) | :: בישן {m} /bayshán/ |
| shy {adj} | :: ביישן /bayshan/ |
| Siamese cat {n} (mammal) | :: חתול סיאמי // |
| Siamese fighting fish {n} (a freshwater fish) | :: דג קרב סיאמי |
| sib {n} (sibling) SEE: sibling | :: |
| Siberia {prop} (region of Russia) | :: סיביר {f} /sibír/ |
| Siberian Husky {n} (Siberian Husky dog) | :: האסקי סיבירי |
| sibling {n} (person who shares same parents) | :: אחאי {m} |
| Sichuan Yi {prop} (language) | :: שיצ'ואן הי /Shichuan Yi/ |
| Sicilian {n} (chess opening) SEE: Sicilian Defence | :: |
| Sicilian Defence {prop} (chess opening) | :: הגנה סיציליאנית |
| Sicily {prop} (island) | :: סיציליה {f} |
| sick {adj} (ill) SEE: ill | :: |
| sick and tired {adj} (frustrated and annoyed) SEE: fed up | :: |
| sickbay {n} (a room or area for the treatment of the sick or injured) | :: חדר חולים {m} /khadar kholim/ |
| sickle {n} (agricultural implement) | :: מגל {m} /magal/ |
| sickle {v} (to cut with a sickle) | :: קצר |
| side {n} (bounding straight edge of an object) | :: צד {m} /tsad/ |
| side {n} (television channel) SEE: channel | :: |
| side {n} (side dish) SEE: side dish | :: |
| sideboard {n} (sideburns) SEE: sideburns | :: |
| sideburn {n} (sideburns) SEE: sideburns | :: |
| sideburns {n} (facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin) | :: פאה |
| side cap {n} (military cap) | :: כובע חיל מצב |
| side dish {n} (serving of food meant as an accompanying dish) | :: תוספת |
| sidedish {n} (side dish) SEE: side dish | :: |
| side effect {n} (unintended consequence of any action) | :: תופעת לואי {f} /tofa'át lvay/ |
| sidelock {n} (sidelock) | :: פאה {f} /pe'á/ |
| side order {n} (accompaniment to main course) SEE: side dish | :: |
| Sidon {prop} (city state of Phoenicia) | :: צידון /Ṣīḏōn/ |
| siege {n} (lavatory) SEE: toilet | :: |
| Sieg Heil {phrase} (Nazi greeting) | :: זיג הייל /zig hayl/ |
| sieve {n} (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids) | :: נפה {f} /nafá/ |
| Sigd {prop} (Ethiopian Jewish holiday) | :: סיגד {m} /sigd/ |
| sigh {n} (act of sighing) | :: אנחה /anachá/ |
| sight {n} (something seen) | :: מראה {m} /mar'eh/ |
| sight {n} (something worth seeing) | :: אתר {m} /atar/ |
| sight {n} (device used in aiming a firearm) | :: כוונת {f} /kavenet/ |
| sight {n} (eyesight) SEE: eyesight | :: |
| sigma {n} (letter of the Greek alphabet) | :: סיגמא {f} /sígma/ |
| sign {n} (visible indication) | :: סימן {m} /simán/, אות {m} /ot/ |
| sign {n} (flat object bearing a message) | :: שלט {f} /shélet/ |
| sign {n} (math: positive or negative polarity) | :: סימן |
| sign {n} (omen, see also: omen) | :: אות {m} |
| sign {n} (any of several specialized non-alphabetic symbols) | :: סמל {m} |
| signal {n} (sign made to give notice) | :: אות {m}, סיגנל {m} |
| signature {n} (person’s autograph name) | :: חתימה {f} /khatimá/ |
| significant {adj} (having noticeable effect) | :: משמעותי /mashma'uti/, ממשי /mamashi/ |
| sign one's death warrant {v} (doom one to certain death) | :: לחתום על גזר דין מוות של כך וכך, לחתום על פקודת החיסול של כך וכך, לחרוץ את דינו של כך וכך למוות, לגזור מוות על כך וכך |
| Sikhism {prop} (religion) | :: סיקיזם {m} /Siqizm/ |
| silence {n} (lack of any sound) | :: שקט {m} /shéket/, דממה {f} /dmamá/ |
| silence is golden {proverb} (proverb) | :: שתיקה שוה זהב /shtiqà shavà zahàv/ |
| silent {adj} (to refrain from speaking) SEE: be silent | :: |
| Silesia {prop} (region) | :: שלזיה |
| silhouette {n} (representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color) | :: צלולית {f} /tslulít/ |
| silicon {n} (non-metallic element) | :: צורן {?} /tsoran/ |
| Silicon Valley {prop} (nickname for region in San Francisco) | :: עמק הסיליקון |
| silk {n} (fiber) | :: משי {m} /meshi/ |
| silk {n} (fabric) | :: משי {m} /meshi/ |
| silk-screen printing {n} (screen printing) SEE: screen printing | :: |
| silkworm {n} (caterpillar) | :: טוואי המשי {m} /tevay hameshi/ |
| silly {adj} (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom) | :: מטופש {m} /metupásh/, טיפשי {m} /tipshí/ |
| silly season {n} (period when news media tend to place increased emphasis on reporting bizarre stories) | :: עונת המלפפונים /onat ha-melafefonim/ |
| silovik {n} (former member of the security services and the military, any power structure (Russia)) | :: סילוביקי {m} /silovík/ |
| silt {n} (fine earth deposited by water) | :: טיט {m} /tit/, טין {m} /tin/ |
| silver {n} (metal) | :: כסף {m} /késef/ |
| silver {adj} (having a color/colour like silver) | :: כסף /késef/ |
| silverberry {n} (plant) SEE: oleaster | :: |
| silverfish {n} (type of bristletail) | :: דג כסף |
| Silverman {prop} (surname Silverman) | :: סילברמן, זילברמן |
| silvern {adj} (made from silver) SEE: silver | :: |
| silver-plated {adj} (having a thin coat of silver) | :: מוכסף /mukhsáf/ |
| Simchat Torah {prop} (Jewish holiday marking the conclusion of the cycle of Torah readings) | :: שמחת תורה {f} /simkhát torá/ |
| Simeon {prop} (second son of Jacob) | :: שמעון /shimon/ |
| Simeon {prop} (one of the twelve tribes of Israel) | :: שמעון {m} /shim'on/ |
| Simeon {prop} (male given name) | :: שמעון /shimon/ |
| Simferopol {prop} (city) | :: סימפרופול |
| similar {adj} (having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable) | :: דומה {m} /domé/ |
| similar {adj} (of geometric figures, having the same shape) | :: דומה /domé/ |
| similarity {n} (closeness of appearance) | :: דמיון {m} /dimyón/ |
| similarly {adv} (in a similar style or manner) | :: בדומה /bedome/ |
| similarness {n} (similarity) SEE: similarity | :: |
| simile {n} (figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another) | :: דמוי {m} /dimmúy/ |
| Simon {prop} (biblical characters) | :: שמעון {m} /shim'ón/ |
| Simon says {n} (children's game) | :: הרצל אמר /Hertsel amar/ |
| simple {adj} (uncomplicated) | :: פשוט /pashút/ |
| simplicity {n} (quality or state of being not complex, or of consisting of few parts) | :: פשטות {f} |
| Simplified Chinese {prop} (Chinese written using simplified characters) | :: סינית מפושטת |
| simplistic {adj} (overly simple) | :: פשטני {m} |
| simulation {n} | :: הדמיה {f} /hadmaya/, סימולציה {f} /simulatsya/ |
| sin {n} (violation of religious law) | :: חטא {m} /khet/ |
| sin {n} | :: עון /a`-ohn/ |
| sin {v} (to commit a sin) | :: חטא /khatá/ |
| Sinai {prop} (peninsula) | :: סיני /sinai/ |
| Sinai {prop} (mountain) | :: הר סיני /har sinai/ |
| Sinaloa {prop} (state of Mexico) | :: סינלואה {n} /Syinalòwʼah/ |
| since {prep} (from (time)) | :: מאז /me'áz/ |
| sinew {n} (cord or tendon of the body) SEE: tendon | :: |
| sinful {adj} (evil) SEE: evil | :: |
| sing {v} (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) | :: שר /shar/ |
| sing {v} (slang: to confess under interrogation) | :: זימר /zimér/ |
| Singapore {prop} (Republic of Singapore) | :: סינגפור /singapúr/ |
| singer {n} (person who sings) | :: זמר \ זמר {m} /zamár/ |
| singer {n} (female person who sings) | :: זמרת \ זמרת {f} /zaméret/ |
| Singh {prop} (surname) | :: סינג |
| singing {n} (the act of using the voice to produce musical sounds; vocalizing) | :: שירה {f} /shirá/, זימרה {f} /zimrá/ |
| single {adj} (not accompanied by anything else) | :: יחיד {m} /yaḥíd/ |
| single {adj} (not married nor dating) | :: רוק {m} /raváq/, פנוי {m} /panúy/ |
| singlet {n} (sleeveless shirt) | :: גופיה {f} |
| sinister {adj} (evil) | :: מרושע {m} /merusha/, רשע {m} /rasha/ |
| sinistromanual {adj} (left-handed) SEE: left-handed | :: |
| sink {n} (basin) | :: כיור {m} /kior/ |
| Sion {prop} (capital of Valais, a canton in Switzerland) | :: סיון {m} /siwàn/ |
| siphon {n} (a bent pipe or tube with one end lower than the other) | :: גישתה {f} (gishtá), סיפון {m} (sifón) |
| sir {n} (address to a military superior) | :: המפקד {m} /hamfakéd/ |
| sir {n} (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown) | :: אדוני /adoní/ |
| siren {n} (nymph of Greek mythology) | :: סירנה {f} /sirena/ |
| Sirius {prop} | :: אברק /avréq/ |
| sirtaki {n} (modern Greek folk dance) | :: סירטאקי {m} /sirtáki/ |
| sister {n} (woman or girl having the same parents) | :: אחות {f} /akhót/ |
| sister {n} (a nun; a female member of a religious community) | :: אחות {f} /akhót/ |
| sister {n} (senior nurse) | :: אחות {f} /akhót/ |
| sister {n} (any woman or girl with whom a bond is felt) | :: אחות {f} /akhót/ |
| sister {n} (black woman) | :: אחות {f} /akhót/ |
| sister-in-law {n} (wife's sister) | :: גיסה {f} /gisá/ |
| sister-in-law {n} (husband's sister) | :: גיסה {f} /gisá/ |
| sister-in-law {n} (brother's wife) | :: גיסה {f} /gisá/ |
| sister-in-law {n} (wife's brother's wife) | :: גיסה {f} /gisá/ |
| sister-in-law {n} (husband's brother's wife) | :: גיסה {f} /gisá/ |
| sit {v} (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported) | :: ישב /yasháv/ |
| sit down {v} (to assume a sitting position from a standing position) | :: התיישב \ התישב /hityashév/ |
| site {n} (place where anything is fixed; situation; local position) | :: אתר {m} /atár/ |
| site {n} (a website) | :: אתר {m} /atár/ |
| site {n} (region where chemical reactions take place) | :: אתר {m} /atár/ |
| sitting room {n} (living room) SEE: living room | :: |
| situation {n} (position vis-à-vis surroundings) | :: מיקום {m} /mikúm/ |
| situation {n} (location) | :: מיקום {m} /mikúm/ |
| situation {n} (state of affairs) | :: מצב {m} /matsáv/ |
| situational {adj} (of or pertaining to a particular situation) | :: מצבי {m}, נסיבתי {m} |
| Sivan {prop} (ninth month of the civil year in the Jewish calendar) | :: סיון {m} /siván/ |
| six {num} (cardinal number) | :: שש {f} /shesh/, ששה / שישה {m} /shisha/ |
| sixteen {num} (cardinal number 16) | :: שש עשרה {f} /shesh esré/ , שישה עשר \ ששה עשר {m} /shishá asár/ |
| sixth {adj} (ordinal form of the number six, see also: 6th) | :: שישי /shishi/ |
| sixty {num} (cardinal number) | :: ששים {m} {f} /shishím/ |
| sixty-eight {num} (cardinal number) | :: ששים־ושמנה /šiším və-šmoná/ |
| sixty-five {num} (cardinal number) | :: ששים־וחמשה /šiším və-khamišá/ |
| sixty-four {num} (cardinal number) | :: ששים־וארבעה /šiším və-arbá/ |
| sixty-nine {n} (cardinal number) | :: ששים־ותשעה /shishím və-téysha/ |
| sixty-nine {n} | :: ששים־ותשעה /šiším və-téyša/ |
| sixty-one {num} (cardinal number) | :: ששים־ואחד /šiším və-ekhád/ |
| sixty-seven {num} (cardinal number) | :: ששים־ושבעה /šiším və-šivá/ |
| sixty-six {num} (cardinal number) | :: ששים־וששה /šiším və-šišá/ |
| sixty-three {num} (cardinal number) | :: ששים־ושלשה /šiším və-šlošá/ |
| sixty-two {num} (cardinal number) | :: ששים־ושנים /šiším və-šnáyim/ |
| size {n} (dimensions or magnitude of a thing) | :: גודל {m} /gódel/ |
| skandha {n} (any of the five aspects constituting the sentient being in Buddhism) | :: סקנדה /sqandah/ |
| skateboard {n} (platform on wheels) | :: סקייטבורד /skeitbord/ |
| skeeter {n} (mosquito) SEE: mosquito | :: |
| skeg {n} (surfer) SEE: surfer | :: |
| skeleton {n} (system that provides support to an organism) | :: שלד {m} /shéled/ |
| skeleton {n} (frame that provides support to a building) | :: שלד {m} /shéled/ |
| skeptic {n} (someone who habitually doubts beliefs and claims) | :: ספקן /safkan/ |
| skepticism {n} (general disposition to doubt) | :: ספקנות {f} /safkanút/ |
| sketch {n} (quick freehand drawing) | :: סקיצה {f} /skítsa/ |
| sketch {n} (rough design or draft) | :: סקיצה {f} /skítsa/ |
| sketch {n} (lookout) SEE: lookout | :: |
| skewer {n} (pin used to secure food during cooking) | :: שיפוד {m} /shipud/ |
| ski {n} (one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow) | :: סקי /ski/ |
| skill {n} (capacity to do something well) | :: מימנות {f} /meyumanút/, כשורים {m-p} /kishurím/ |
| skilled {adj} (having or showing skill) | :: מימן {m} /meyumán/ |
| ski mask {n} (A warm cap shielding the neck and head) | :: כובע גרב {m} /kóva gérev/ |
| skimble-skamble {n} (gibberish, mumbo-jumbo, nonsense) SEE: nonsense | :: |
| skimble-skamble {adj} (confused, chaotic, disorderly) SEE: chaotic | :: |
| skin {n} (outer protective of the body of a person or animal) | :: עור {m} /or/ |
| skin {v} (to high five) SEE: high five | :: |
| skinhead {n} (member of skinhead subculture) | :: סקינהד |
| skink {n} (lizard) | :: חומט / חמט {m} /khómet/ |
| skinny {adj} (thin) | :: רזה |
| skipper {n} (master of a ship) | :: סקיפר {m} /skipper/, רב ספן {m} /rav sapan/ |
| skirt {n} (clothing) | :: חצאית {f} /khatsa'ít/ |
| Skopje {prop} (capital of North Macedonia) | :: סקופיה |
| Skopje {prop} (North Macedonia) SEE: North Macedonia | :: |
| skulduggerous {adj} (involving skulduggery) SEE: tricky | :: |
| skull {n} (bones of the head: cranium and mandible) | :: גולגולת \ גלגלת {f} /gulgólet/ |
| skullcap {n} (cap that covers the area from the forehead to just above the back of the neck) | :: כפה {f} /kipá/ |
| skunk {n} (animal) | :: בואש {m} /boesh/ |
| skunk {n} (skunkweed) SEE: marijuana | :: |
| sky {n} (atmosphere above a point) | :: שמיים / שמים {f} /šamáyim/ |
| sky {n} (specific view, condition) | :: שמיים / שמים {f} /šamáyim/ |
| sky {n} (heaven) | :: שמיים {f} /šamáyim/ |
| sky burial {n} (funeral practice) | :: קבורת שמים |
| skyclad {adj} (nude) SEE: nude | :: |
| skyline {n} (horizon) SEE: horizon | :: |
| skyline {n} (silhouette against city or buildings) | :: קו רקיע {m} /káv-rakía/ |
| skyrocket {n} (pocket) SEE: pocket | :: |
| skyscraper {n} (tall building) | :: גורד־שחקים {m} /goréd-sh'khakím/ |
| skywards {adv} (In the direction of the sky) | :: אל על /el al/ |
| slacker {n} (procrastinating or lazy person) | :: בטלן {m} /batlán/ |
| slanderer {n} (One who slanders) | :: מלשין /malshin/ |
| slang {n} (jargon) SEE: jargon | :: |
| slang {n} (unconventional language ) | :: סלנג |
| slang {n} | :: סלנג {m} /sleng/ |
| slant {n} (typography: slash) SEE: slash | :: |
| slash {n} (typography: / symbol) | :: לוכסן {m} |
| slattern {n} (slut) SEE: slut | :: |
| slaughter {n} (killing of animals (also kosher and halal rituals)) | :: שחיטה {f} /shḥitá/ |
| slaughter {n} (killing of many people) | :: טבח {m} /tévaḥ/ |
| slaughterer {n} (a butcher) | :: קצב {m} /katsáv/ |
| slaughterer {n} (a ritual slaughterer) | :: שוחט {m} /shokhét/ |
| slaughterhouse {n} (abattoir) SEE: abattoir | :: |
| Slav {n} (a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language) | :: סלאבי {m} |
| slave {n} (person owned by another) | :: עבד {m} /'éved/, אמה {f} /amá/, שפחה {f} /shifḥá/ |
| slave {n} (submissive partner in a BDSM relationship who (consensually) submits to (sexually) serving) | :: עבד {m} |
| slave-girl {n} (sex slave) SEE: sex slave | :: |
| slavery {n} (institution or practice of owning human beings) | :: עבדות {f} /'avdút/ |
| Slavonia {prop} (region of Croatia) | :: סלבוניה |
| slay {v} (to kill, murder) | :: רצח /raṣáḥ/ |
| sled {n} (sledge) SEE: sledge | :: |
| sledge {n} (sledgehammer) SEE: sledgehammer | :: |
| sledge {n} (sleigh or sled) | :: מזחלת {f} /mizhelet/ |
| sledgehammer {n} (kind of hammer) | :: קורנס {m} /kurnas/ |
| sleep {v} (to rest in state of reduced consciousness) | :: ישן /yashén/ |
| sleep {n} (state of reduced consciousness) | :: שינה {f} /sheiná/ |
| sleeping {adj} (asleep) SEE: asleep | :: |
| sleeping bag {n} (padded or insulated bag) | :: שק שינה \ שק שנה {m} /sak sheiná/ |
| sleep like a log {v} (to sleep well, without disturbance) | :: ישן שנת ישרים |
| sleepwalker {n} (somnambulist) SEE: somnambulist | :: |
| sleep with {v} (have sex with) | :: שכב עם /shakháv 'im/ |
| sleepy {adj} (feeling the need for sleep) | :: מנומנם (menumnam) |
| sleigh {n} (vehicle on runners) SEE: sledge | :: |
| slice {n} (thin, broad piece cut off) | :: פרוסה {f} /prusá/ , נתח {m} /nétaḥ/, פלח {m} /pélaḥ/ |
| slice {v} (to cut into slices) | :: פרס {m} /parás/, בצע {m} /batzá'/ |
| slide {v} (to cause to move in contact with a surface) | :: גלש /galásh/ |
| slide {v} (to move in continuous contact with a surface) | :: גלש /galásh/, החליק /heẖlíq/ |
| slide {v} (baseball: to skid into a base) | :: החליק /heẖlíq/ |
| slide {v} (to lose balance) | :: החליק /heẖlíq/ |
| slide fastener {n} (zip fastener) SEE: zip fastener | :: |
| slingshot {n} (Y-shaped stick with an elastic sling between the arms used for shooting small projectiles, see also: sling) | :: רוגאטקה \ רוגטקה {f} /rúgát'qa/ |
| slip {n} (nautical: space for a ship to moor) SEE: berth | :: |
| slipper animalcule {n} (paramecium) SEE: paramecium | :: |
| slippery {adj} (of a surface) | :: חלק /khalák/, חלקלק /khalaklák/, מחליק /makhlík/ |
| slit {v} (split into strips) | :: חתך /khatákh/, פיצל /pitsél/ |
| slivovitz {n} (rakija made from distilled, fermented plum juice) | :: סליבוביץ׳ |
| slogan {n} (phrase associated with a product, used in advertising) | :: ססמה {f} /sismá/ |
| sloth {n} (laziness) | :: עצלנות {m} /atslut/ |
| slough {n} (the skin shed by a snake or other reptile) | :: נשל {m} |
| Slovak {adj} (of Slovakia or its language) | :: Slovak |
| Slovakia {prop} (Slovakia) | :: סלובקיה {f} /slovakiya/ |
| Slovakian {adj} (of or pertaining to Slovakia) SEE: Slovak | :: |
| Slovakian {n} (a person from Slovakia or of Slovakian descent) SEE: Slovak | :: |
| Slovak Republic {prop} (official name of Slovakia) | :: הרפובליקה הסלובקית /Ha-republikah ha-Slovakiya/ |
| Slovenia {prop} (country in Europe) | :: סלובניה {f} /sloveniya/ |
| slow {adj} (not quick in motion) | :: איטי /ití/ |
| slowly {adv} (at a slow pace) | :: לאט /le'át/ |
| slow motion {n} (film stretched in time) | :: הילוך איטי {m} |
| slowness {n} (quality of being slow) | :: איטיות {f} /itiyút/ |
| sluff {n} (slough) SEE: slough | :: |
| sluff {v} (slough) SEE: slough | :: |
| slumber {n} (a very light state of sleep) | :: תנומה {f} /tnumá/ |
| slut {n} (prostitute) SEE: prostitute | :: |
| slut {n} (sexually promiscuous woman) | :: זונה {f} /zoná/, שרמוטה {f} /sharmúta/ |
| slut {n} | :: רשלן {m} /rashlan/, שלומפר {m} /shlumper/ |
| slutty {adj} (Of or resembling a slut) | :: זנותי {m} /z'nuti/, זנותית {f} /z'nutit/, שרמוטתית {f} /sharmutit/ |
| smack {n} ((slang) heroin) SEE: horse | :: |
| small {adj} (not large) | :: קטן /katán/ |
| smallest room {n} (toilet) SEE: toilet | :: |
| small screen {n} (broadcast or cable television screen) | :: המסך הקטן {m} /hamasakh hakatan/ |
| small talk {n} (idle conversation) | :: סמול טוק {m} /smól tok/ |
| smaragdine {n} (emerald) SEE: emerald | :: |
| smart {adj} (exhibiting intellectual knowledge, such as that found in books) | :: חכם {m} /hakhám/ |
| smart aleck {n} (a wise guy) | :: חכמולוג |
| smart aleck {n} (a know-it-all) | :: חכמולוג |
| smart ass {n} (one promoting his own personality, wishes or views) SEE: smartass | :: |
| smartass {n} (one who is particularly insolent) | :: חכמולוג |
| smartphone {n} (electronic handheld device) | :: סמארטפון {m} /smártfon/, טלפון חכם {m} /télefon khakhám/ |
| smatter {v} (intransitive: talk superficially) | :: טררם /táraram/ |
| smegma {n} (sebaceous secretion) | :: סמגמה {f} |
| smell {n} (sensation) | :: ריח {m} /réakh/ |
| smell {n} (sense of smell) | :: חוש הריח {m} /khush ha-reykha/ |
| smell {v} (sense with nose) | :: הריח /heríakh/ |
| smell you later {interj} (see you later; goodbye) SEE: goodbye | :: |
| smile {n} (a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice) | :: חיוך {m} /khiyúkh/ |
| smile {v} (to have a smile on one's face) | :: חייך \ חיך /khiyékh/ |
| smiley {n} (emoticon) SEE: emoticon | :: |
| smith {n} (craftsperson who works metal, see also: blacksmith) | :: נפח {m} /nāpāḥ/ |
| Smith {prop} (transliterations of the name Smith) | :: סמית |
| Smith {prop} (most common surnames by language) | :: כהן /Kōhēn/ |
| smithsonite {n} (mineral) | :: סמיתסוניט |
| smog {n} (urban air pollution) | :: ערפיח {m} |
| smoke {v} (to inhale and exhale smoke from a burning cigarette) | :: עישן \ עשן {m} /'ishén/ |
| smoke {v} (to inhale and exhale tobacco smoke regularly or habitually) | :: עשן /a`shein/ |
| smoke {n} (visible particles and vapour given off by burning material) | :: עשן {m} /ashán/ |
| smoke {n} (colloquial: instance of smoking) | :: עישון {m} /ishún/ |
| smokestack {n} (a conduit or group of conduits atop a structure allowing smoke to flow out) SEE: chimney | :: |
| Smolensk {prop} (city) | :: סמולנסק |
| smooth {adj} (lacking friction, not rough) | :: חלק /khalak/ |
| smoothie {n} | :: מיש /mish/ |
| smorgasbord {n} (Swedish-style buffet comprising a variety of cold sandwiches and other dishes, see also: buffet) | :: סמרגוסבורד {m} /smergosbúrd/ |
| SMS {n} (a text message sent on a cell phone) | :: סמס |
| SMS {v} (to send a message on a cell phone) | :: סימס /simés/ |
| smug {adj} (irritatingly pleased with oneself; self-satisfied) | :: זחוח {m} |
| smuggle {v} (to import or export, illicitly or by stealth, without paying lawful customs charges or duties) | :: הבריח |
| smurf {n} (fictional character) | :: דרדס {m} /dardás/ |
| snail {n} (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) | :: חלזון {m} /ẖilazón/, שבלול {m} /shablúl/ |
| snake {n} (legless reptile) | :: נחש {m} /nakhásh/ |
| snapdragon {n} (any plant of the genus Antirrhinum) | :: לע הארי {m} /ló'a ha'arí/ |
| snare {n} (trap) | :: פח {m} /pakh/ |
| sneer {v} (raise a corner of the upper lip slightly in scorn) | :: סנט |
| sneeze {v} (expel air as a reflex) | :: להתעטש /lehit'atésh/ |
| sniff {v} (to inhale drugs in powder form through the nose) | :: הסניף {m} /hisníf/ |
| sniper {n} (a person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position) | :: צלף /tsaláf/ |
| snitch {v} (inform on) | :: הלשין /hilshín/ |
| snitch {n} (informer, usually one who betrays his group) | :: מלשין {m} /malshín/, שטינקר {m} /shtínker/ |
| snob {n} (person who seeks to be a member of the upper classes) | :: סנוב {m} /snob/ |
| snooker {n} (cue sport) | :: סנוקר {m} /snoqr/ |
| snore {v} (breathe during sleep with harsh noises) | :: נחר /nakhár/ |
| snore {n} (act and noise of snoring) | :: נחירה {f} /nekhira/ |
| snorkel {n} (hollow tube used for breathing underwater) | :: שנורקל {m} /shnórkel/ |
| snot {n} (mucus) | :: נזלת {f} /nazélet/ |
| snout {n} (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) | :: חוטם {m} /khótem/ |
| snout {n} (nose of a man (in contempt)) | :: חוטם {m} /khótem/ |
| snout {n} (nozzle of a pipe, hose, etc.) | :: פיה {f} /piyá/ |
| snow {n} (precipitation) | :: שלג {m} /shéleg/ |
| snowball {n} (ball of snow) | :: כדור שלג {m} /kadúr shéleg/ |
| snowboard {n} (board) | :: גלשן שלג {m} /galshán shéleg/ |
| snow cone {n} (crushed ice with flavoring) | :: ברד {m} /barád/ |
| Snowdonia {prop} (region) | :: סנודוניה {f} /Snodoniya/ |
| snowflake {n} (crystal) | :: פתית–שלג |
| snow leopard {n} (a large feline mammal, Uncia uncia) | :: נמר שלג מצוי {m} |
| snowman {n} (figure made of snow) | :: בובת שלג {f} /bubát shéleg/, איש שלג {m} /ish shéleg/ |
| snow plow {n} (vehicle) | :: מפלסת שלג {f} /mefaleset sheleg/ |
| Snow Queen {prop} (fairy tale character with power over snow and ice) | :: מלכת השלג {f} /malkát ha-shéleg/ |
| Snow White {prop} (character from Snow White (Schneewittchen)) | :: שלגייה {f} /shilgiyá/, שלגיה {f} /shilgiyá/ |
| snowy {adj} (white as snow) SEE: white as snow | :: |
| snowy owl {n} (large white owl) | :: לילית שלג {f} /lilít shéleg/ |
| Snuggie {n} (item of clothing) | :: כרבולית {f} /kirbulít/ |
| so {adv} (very) | :: כל כך |
| so {adv} (slang: very much) | :: כל כך |
| so {interj} (interjection used to introduce a new topic) | :: אז /az/ |
| soap {n} (soap opera) SEE: soap opera | :: |
| soap {n} (substance) | :: סבון \ סבון {m} /sabón/ |
| soap opera {n} (television serial) | :: אופרת סבון {f} /óperat sabón/ |
| so be it {phrase} (indication of acceptance) | :: אמן /amén/, ניחא /nicha/, מילא /méyle/ |
| sober {adj} (not drunk) | :: פכח {m} /pikkéaḥ/ |
| sober up {v} (to become sober) | :: התפכח /hitpakkéaḥ/ |
| soccer {n} (game) | :: כדורגל {m} /kadurégel/ |
| Sochi {prop} (city in Russia) | :: סוצ׳י |
| social {adj} (relating to society) | :: חברתי /khevratí/ |
| social contract {n} (agreement or contract) | :: אמנה חברתית {f} /amaná khevratít/ |
| social Darwinism {n} (theory) | :: דרוויניזם חברתי /darwinízm khevratí/ |
| social democracy {n} (moderate left-wing political philosophy) | :: דמוקרטיה חברתית |
| socialism {n} (political philosophy of social and economic equality) | :: סוציאליזם {m} /sotsyalízm/ |
| socialist {adj} (of, promoting, practicing, or characteristic of socialism) | :: סוציאליסטי /sotsialísti/ |
| socialist {n} (one who practices or advocates socialism) | :: סוציאליסטי {m} /sotsialísti/, סוציאליסטית {f} /sotsialístit/ |
| socialist realism {n} (art style) | :: ריאליזם סוציאליסטי /realizm sotsialisti/ |
| Socialist Republic of Vietnam {prop} (official name of Vietnam) | :: הרפובליקה הסוציאליסטית של וייטנאם {f} /harepúblika sotsialístit shel vyetnam/ |
| socialization {n} (sociology: the process of learning one’s culture) | :: חברות {m} /ḥivrút/ |
| social justice {n} (fairness in society) | :: צדק חברתי {m} /tsedék khevráti/ |
| society {n} (group of people sharing culture) | :: חברה {f} /khevrá/ |
| socioeconomic {adj} (of or pertaining to social and economic factors) SEE: socio-economic | :: |
| socio-economic {adj} (pertaining to a combination of social and economic factors) | :: סוציו־אקונומי /sotsyo-ekonómi/ |
| sociolect {n} (variant of language used by a social group) | :: סוציולקט |
| sociolinguistics {n} (the study of social and cultural effects on language) | :: בלשנות חברתית {f} /balshanút khevratít/ |
| sociology {n} (study of society, human social interactions, etc.) | :: סוציולוגיה {f} /sotsyológya/ |
| sock {n} (covering for the foot) | :: גרב {m} /gérev/ |
| socket {n} (mechanical opening) | :: שקע /shéka/ |
| Socrates {prop} (Greek philosopher) | :: סוקראטס {m} /Sokrates/ |
| Socratic method {prop} | :: השיטה הסוקרטית, וכוח סוקרטי {m} |
| soda {n} (carbonated water) | :: סודה {f} /sóda/ |
| soda {n} (sweet, carbonated drink) | :: גזוז {m} /gazóz/ |
| soda pop {n} (sweetened, carbonated beverage) | :: משקה תוסס, גזוז |
| sodium {n} (reactive metal) | :: נתרן {m} /natrán/ |
| sodium benzoate {n} (the sodium salt of benzoic acid) | :: סודיום בנזואט |
| Sodom {prop} (city in the Middle East) | :: סדום /s'dóm/ |
| sodomy {n} (sex held to be unnatural) | :: מעשה סדום {m} /ma'asé sdom/ |
| sofa {n} (upholstered seat) | :: ספה {f} /sapa/ |
| so far {adv} (until now; previously; yet) | :: עד כה |
| Sofia {prop} (the capital city of Bulgaria) | :: סופיה /sofia/ |
| soft {adj} (foolish) SEE: foolish | :: |
| soft {adj} (giving way under pressure) | :: רך /rakh/ |
| soft-boiled {adj} (of an egg) | :: רכה {f} /raka/ |
| soft spot {n} (fontanelle) SEE: fontanelle | :: |
| software {n} (encoded computer instructions) | :: תוכנה \ תכנה {f} /tokhná/ |
| soil {n} (mixture of sand and organic material) | :: אדמה {f} /adamá/, ארץ {f} /érets/ |
| soil {v} (to make dirty) | :: לכלך /likhlékh/ |
| solace {n} (consolation) | :: נחמה {f} /nekhamá/ |
| solar {adj} (of or pertaining to the sun) | :: שמשי /shimshi/ |
| solar eclipse {n} (when the Moon passes between the Earth and the sun) | :: ליקוי חמה {m} /likhúl kháma/ |
| solar energy {n} (energy from the sun) | :: אנרגיה סולארית {f} /energiya solarit/ |
| solar system {prop} (Solar System) SEE: Solar System | :: |
| Solar System {prop} (the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it) | :: מערכת השמש /ma'arékhet-hashémesh/ |
| solar wind {n} (outflow of charged particles from the solar corona into space) | :: רוח השמש /ruakh ha-shemesh/, רוח סולרית {f} /ruakh solarit/ |
| soldering iron {n} (tool) | :: מלחם |
| soldier {n} (member of an army) | :: חיל / חייל {m} /khayál/ |
| sole {adj} (only) | :: יחיד {m} /yaḥíd/ |
| sole {n} (bottom of a shoe or boot) | :: סוליה {f} /sulyá/ |
| sole {n} (fish) | :: סול {m} /sol/ |
| solecism {n} (error in the use of language) | :: סולסיזם |
| solid {adj} (in the solid state) | :: מוצק /mutzak/ |
| solid {adj} (lacking holes or hollows) | :: אטום /atum/ |
| solid {adj} (strong, unyielding (as of foundations etc)) | :: מוצק /mutzak/ |
| solid {n} (chemistry: fundamental state of matter) | :: מוצק {m} /mutzak/ |
| solidus {n} (slash) SEE: slash | :: |
| solifugid {n} (camel spider) SEE: camel spider | :: |
| solitaire {n} (patience) SEE: patience | :: |
| solitude {n} (state of being alone) | :: בדידות {f} (bedidut) |
| Solomon {prop} (king of Israel) | :: שלמה {m} /sh'lomo/ |
| Solomon {prop} (male given name) | :: שלמה {m} /sh'lomo/ |
| Solomon Islands {prop} (A country in Melanesia) | :: איי שלמה /Iyey Shlomo/ |
| so long {interj} (informal: goodbye) | :: כל טוב /kol tov/ |
| so long as {phrase} (as long as) SEE: as long as | :: |
| solution {n} (liquid mixture) | :: תמיסה {f} /tmisa/ |
| solution {n} (answer to a problem (mathematics)) | :: פתרון {m} /pitron/ |
| solvable {adj} (capable of being solved) | :: פתיר {m} /Pathir/ |
| Somalia {prop} (country in the Horn of Africa) | :: סומליה /somalya/ |
| Somaliland {prop} (unrecognized state) | :: סומלילנד |
| sombre {adj} (dull or dark in colour) | :: קודר {m} /qodér/ |
| sombre {adj} (melancholy; dismal) | :: נוגה {m} /nugé/ |
| sombrero {n} (hat) | :: סומבררו {m} /sombrero/ |
| sombre tit {n} (Poecile lugubris) | :: ירגזי חרמון |
| somebody {pron} (some unspecified person) | :: מישהו /míshehu/ |
| someone {pron} (some person) | :: מישהו /míshehu/ |
| something {pron} (unspecified object) | :: משהו {m} /máshehu/ |
| something {pron} (talent that is hard to pin down) | :: משהו {m} /máshehu/ |
| something is rotten in the state of Denmark {phrase} (Hamlet quotation, used in other contexts to mean "something is not right") | :: משהו רקוב בממלכת דנמרק |
| sometime {adv} (obsolete: sometimes) SEE: sometimes | :: |
| sometime {adv} (at an unstated or indefinite time in the future) | :: מתישהו /matayshehu/ |
| sometimes {adv} (on certain occasions, but not always) | :: לפעמים /lifhamim/, לעתים /le'itím/ |
| somewhat {pron} (something) SEE: something | :: |
| somewhere {adv} (in some place) | :: היכן שהוא /heykhan shehu/, איפה שהוא /eyfo shehu/ |
| somewhither {adv} (to some place) SEE: somewhere | :: |
| somnambulism {n} (sleepwalking) | :: סהרוריות {p} |
| somnambulist {n} (a sleepwalker) | :: סהרורי {m} /saharurí/ |
| son {n} (a male person in relation to his parents) | :: בן {m} /ben/ |
| son {n} | :: בן {m} /ben/ |
| song {n} (music with words) | :: שיר {m} /shir/ |
| song {n} (sound of another animal) | :: שירה {f} /shirá/ |
| Song of Solomon {prop} (book of the Bible) SEE: Song of Songs | :: |
| Song of Songs {prop} (book of the Bible) | :: שיר השירים /Shir ha-Shirím/, שיר השירים אשר לשלמה /Shir ha-Shirím 'Ashér Lish'lomó/ |
| song sparrow {n} (Melospiza melodia) | :: דרורן |
| songwriter {n} (someone who writes the lyrics and usually the music of songs) | :: משורר {m} /meshorér/ |
| son-in-law {n} (son-in-law) | :: חתן {m} /khatan/ |
| son of a bitch {n} (objectionable person) | :: בן־זונה {m} /ben-zoná/, בן כלבה, בן כלבה, בן כלבה /ben kalba/ |
| son of a whore {n} (objectionable person) | :: בן זונה {m} /ben zona/ |
| Sony {prop} (An international electronics and media company based in Tokyo, Japan) | :: סוני /soni/ |
| soon {adv} (within a short time) | :: בקרוב /bekaróv/ |
| sop {n} (gravy) SEE: gravy | :: |
| São Paulo {prop} (city and state) | :: סאו פאולו {?} |
| Sophia {prop} (female given name) | :: סופיה {f} |
| Sophocles {prop} (Greek dramatic poet) | :: סופוקלס {m} |
| Sorbian {prop} (language) | :: שפות סורביות {f} |
| sorcerer {n} (magician/wizard drawing upon natural powers) | :: מכשף {m}, קוסם {m} /kosem/ |
| sorghum {n} (cereal) | :: דורה {f} /dúra/ |
| sorrow {n} (unhappiness) | :: צער {m} /tsa'ár/ |
| sorry {adj} (regretful for an action or grieved) | :: מצטער /mitztaér/ |
| sorry {interj} (expression of regret or sorrow) | :: סליחה /slikhha/ |
| sort {n} (type) | :: סוג {m} /sug/ |
| sort {n} (act of sorting) | :: סידור {m} /sidoor/ |
| sort {n} (computing algorithm) | :: מיון {m} /miyoon/ |
| sort {v} (separate according to certain criteria) | :: סדר /sidér/, מיין /miyén/ |
| sort {v} (arrange in order) | :: סדר /sidér/, מיין /miyén/ |
| sort of {adv} (in a way etc.) | :: בערך /be'érech/ |
| so-so {adj} (neither good nor bad) | :: ככה-ככה {f} /kakhah-kakhah/ |
| so that {conj} (in order to) | :: כדי ש- /k’dey she-/, על מנת ש- /‘al menát she-/ |
| so to speak {adv} (in a manner of speaking) | :: כביכול /kiḇyå̄ḵōl/ |
| soul {n} (the spirit or essence of a person that is often believed to live on after the person's death) | :: נשמה {f} /n'shamá/, נפש {f} /néfesh/, רוח {m} {f} /rúakh/ |
| soul {n} (life, energy, vigour) | :: רוח חיים {f} /ruakh khayím/, נשמה {f} /neshamá/ |
| soul {n} (soul music) | :: נשמה {f} /n'shamá/ |
| soul {n} (person, especially as one among many) | :: נפש {f} /néfesh/, נפש חיה {f} /néfesh hayá/ |
| soul music {n} (music genre) | :: נשמה {f} /neshamá/ |
| sound {adj} (healthy) | :: בריא {m} /bari/ |
| sound {adj} (complete, solid, or secure) | :: יציב {m} /yatsiv/ |
| sound {adj} | :: בריא ושלם /baría ve shalam/ |
| sound {n} (sensation perceived by the ear) | :: קול {m} /kol/, צליל {m} /tslil/, הגה {m} /heggé/, שמע {m} /shemaʿ/ |
| sound {n} | :: קול /kol/ |
| sound {v} (to produce a sound) | :: השמיע קול /hishmía kol/ |
| sound {v} (to convey an impression by one's sound) | :: להשמיע /l'hashmiʿa/ |
| sound {v} (to cause to produce a sound) | :: השמע /hašmaʿ/ |
| sound {v} (to pronounce) | :: להגות {m} /l'haggót/ |
| sound {n} (long narrow inlet) | :: מייצר {m} /meitsár/ |
| sound {n} (to probe) | :: גישש /gishésh/ |
| sound {n} (a probe) | :: זונדה {f} /zónda/ |
| sound {n} (cuttlefish) SEE: cuttlefish | :: |
| soundscape {n} (electroacoustic musical composition) | :: נופצליל /noftslil/, נוף או סביבה קולית, מוזיקה סביבתית |
| sound wave {n} (longitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material) | :: גל קול |
| soup {n} (dish) | :: מרק {m} /marák/ |
| souped-up {adj} (drunk, intoxicated) SEE: drunk | :: |
| souped-up {adj} (excited) SEE: excited | :: |
| souq {n} (a street market in the Arabic-speaking countries) | :: שוק {m} /shuk/ |
| sour {adj} (having an acidic, sharp or tangy taste) | :: חמוץ /khamútz/ |
| source {n} | :: מקור {m} |
| source {n} ((computing) source code) SEE: source code | :: |
| source code {n} (human-readable instructions in a programming language) | :: קוד מקור, קוד |
| sourdough {n} (dough) | :: שאור {m} /s'or/ |
| sour grapes {n} (acid grapes) | :: חרצן {m} /ḥarṣā́n/, בסר {m} /boṣer/ |
| sour grapes {n} (expression of disdain for something one cannot have) | :: ענבים חמוצים {m-p} |
| sousaphone {n} (brass instrument) | :: סוזאפון {m}, סוזפון {m} /suzafon/ |
| south {n} (compass point) | :: דרום {m} /darόm/ |
| south {adj} (of or pertaining to the south) | :: דרומי /drómi/ |
| South Africa {prop} (country) | :: דרום אפריקה /drom áfrika/ |
| South America {prop} (continent that is the southern part of the Americas) | :: אמריקה הדרומית |
| South American {adj} (relating to South America) | :: דרום אמריקני /d'róm-amerikáni/, דרום אמריקאי /d'róm-amerikái/ |
| Southampton {prop} (city) | :: סאות׳המפטון |
| South Asia {prop} (South Asia) | :: דרום אסיה {f} /drom asia/ |
| Southeast Asia {prop} (a subregion of Asia) | :: דרום-מזרח אסיה |
| southern {adj} (of the south) | :: דרומי |
| Southern Europe {prop} (Southern Europe) | :: דרום אירופה {m} /d'róm eirópah/ |
| Southern Ocean {prop} (the ocean surrounding Antarctica) | :: האוקיינוס הדרומי {m} |
| South Korea {prop} (country in East Asia) | :: דרום קוריאה {f} /dróm koréa/, קוריאה הדרומית {f} /koréa hadromít/ |
| South Ossetia {prop} (South Ossetia) | :: דרום אוסטיה {f} /dərom osetyah/ |
| South Pole {prop} (the southernmost point on Earth) | :: הקוטב הדרומי {m} /hákotev hadromí/ |
| South Sea {prop} (Southern Ocean) SEE: Southern Ocean | :: |
| South Sea {prop} (region of Pacific Ocean) | :: הים הדרומי {m} |
| South Sudan {prop} (country in Africa) | :: דרום סודאן /darom sudan/ |
| South Sudanese {adj} (Of, from, or pertaining to the country of South Sudan or the South Sudanese people) | :: דרום סודאני /d'róm-sudáni/ |
| South Sudanese {n} (A person from South Sudan or of South Sudanese descent) | :: דרום סודאני {m} /d'róm-sudáni/, דרום סודאנית {f} /d'róm-sudánit/ |
| souvenir {n} (item of sentimental value to remember an event or location) | :: מזכרת {m} /mazkeret/ |
| sovereignty {n} (of a nation: the state of making laws and controlling resources without the coercion of other nations.) | :: ריבונות \ רבונות /ribonút/, סוברניות /suvereniyút/ |
| soviet {n} (council) | :: סובייט |
| soviet {adj} (relating to the Soviet Union) SEE: Soviet | :: |
| Soviet {n} (soviet) SEE: soviet | :: |
| Soviet {n} (citizen) | :: סובייטי {m} /sovyéti/ |
| Soviet {adj} (pertaining to the Soviet Union or its republics) | :: סובייטי {m} /sovyéti/ |
| Soviet Russia {prop} (Russia) SEE: Russia | :: |
| Soviet Russia {prop} (Soviet Union) SEE: Soviet Union | :: |
| Soviet Union {prop} (USSR, see also: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; USSR) | :: ברית המועצות {f} /brit ha-mo'atsót/ |
| sovkhoz {n} (soviet state farm) | :: סובחוז {m} /sovkhóz/ |
| sow {v} (disperse seeds) | :: זרע /zará'/ |
| so what {interj} (reply of indifference) | :: אז מה? /áz má/ |
| soy {n} (soy sauce) SEE: soy sauce | :: |
| soy milk {n} (beverage made from soybeans) | :: חלב סויה /khalav soya/ |
| soy sauce {n} (a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans) | :: רוטב סויה /rotev soya/ |
| Soyuz {n} (a Soviet/Russian spacecraft) | :: סויוז {m} /soyuz/ |
| spa {n} (spa) | :: ספא {m} /spa/ |
| space {n} (physical extent in two or three dimensions) | :: נפח {m} /néfakh/, חלל {m} /ḥalál/, מרחב {m} /merḥáv/ |
| space {n} (area beyond atmosphere of planets) | :: חלל {m} /khalál/ |
| space {n} (personal freedom) | :: מרחב /merḥáv/ |
| space {n} (bounded or specific physical extent) | :: חלל {m} /ḥalál/, מרחב {m} /merḥáv/ |
| space {n} (gap between written characters, lines etc.) | :: רווח {m} /révakh/, מרווח {m} /mirvákh/ |
| space {n} (geometry: set of points) | :: מרחב {m} /merkháv/ |
| spacecraft {n} | :: חללית {f} /khalalít/ |
| spaceship {n} (vehicle that flies through space) | :: חללית {f} /khalalit/, ספינת חלל {f} /s'finát khalál/, ספינת-חלל |
| space shuttle {n} (vehicle capable of travelling repeatedly btw Earth and outer space) | :: מעבורת חלל /ma‘boret khalal/ |
| Space Shuttle {n} (a space transportation system) | :: מעבורת חלל /ma‘boret khalal/ |
| space station {n} (crewed artificial satellite) | :: תחנת חלל {f} /takhanát-khalál/ |
| space-time {n} (spacetime) SEE: spacetime | :: |
| spacetime {n} (four dimensional continuum) | :: מרחב-זמן |
| spade {n} (a garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging) | :: את {m} /et/ |
| spades {n} (spade) SEE: spade | :: |
| spaghetti {n} (pasta) | :: ספגטי |
| spaghetti western {n} (western film produced in Europe by an Italian company) | :: מערבון ספגטי {m} /ma'arávon spagéti/ |
| Spain {prop} (country in Europe) | :: ספרד {f} /s'farád/, אספמיא {f} /aspámya/ |
| spam {n} (unsolicited bulk electronic messages) | :: דואר זבל {m} /do'ar zevel/, ספאם {m} /spam/ |
| spam {n} (tinned meat) | :: לוף {m} /luf/ |
| span {n} (space from thumb to little finger) | :: זרת {f} /zéret/ |
| spangled kookaburra {n} (Dacelo tyro) | :: קוקברה מנומרת |
| Spaniard {n} (somebody from Spain) | :: ספרדי {m} /s'faradí/, ספרדיה {f} /s'faradiia/ |
| Spanish {adj} (of or pertaining to Spain) | :: ספרדי /s'faradí/ |
| Spanish {prop} (Romance language of Spain and the Americas) | :: ספרדית {f} /s'faradít/ |
| spanning tree {n} (tree which includes all vertices of a graph) | :: עץ פורש {m} |
| spare the rod and spoil the child {proverb} (if one does not discipline a child he or she will never learn respect or humility) | :: חסך שבטו שונא בנו /khásakh soné b'no/ |
| spare time {n} (free time) SEE: free time | :: |
| spark {n} (particle of glowing matter) | :: ניצוץ {m} |
| sparrow {n} (bird of the family Passeridae) | :: דרור {m} /dror/, אנקור {m} /anqór/ |
| sparrow {n} (Passer domesticus) SEE: house sparrow | :: |
| Sparta {prop} (ancient city-state in southern Greece) | :: ספרטה |
| Spartacus {prop} (Thracian name) | :: ספרטקוס /spartakus/ |
| spasm {n} (contraction of a muscle) | :: עוית {f} /'avít/ |
| spatial {adj} (pertaining to space) | :: מרחבי {m} |
| speak {v} (to communicate with one's voice using words) | :: דיבר \ דבר /dibér/ |
| speak {v} (to be able to communicate in a language) | :: דיבר \ דבר /dibér/ |
| speaker {n} (loudspeaker) | :: רמקול {m} /ramkol/ |
| speaker {n} (politics: the chair or presiding officer) | :: יושב ראש {m} /yoshév rosh/, יו"ר /yor/ |
| speaking {adj} (eloquent) SEE: eloquent | :: |
| speak of the devil {phrase} (expression used when a person mentioned in the current conversation happens to arrive) | :: מדברים על החמור, והחמור בא /medabrím al ha xamór, ve ha xamór ba/ |
| spear {n} (long stick with a sharp tip) | :: חנית {f} /khanít/ |
| spear {n} | :: חנית {f}, כידון {m} /kidon/ |
| special {adj} | :: מיוחד /me-yukhad/ |
| special education {n} (educational services designed for students with learning difficulties) | :: חינוך מיוחד {m} /khinúkh m'yukhád/ |
| specialize {v} (to apply to some specialty or limited object) | :: התמקצע {m} /Hithmaqtze`a/ |
| species {n} (group of plants or animals having similar appearance) | :: מין {m} /min/ |
| spectacle {n} (optical instrument) SEE: spectacles | :: |
| spectacles {n} (a pair of lenses set in a frame) | :: משקפים \ משקפיים {m-p} /mishkafáyim/ |
| spectroscope {n} (optical instrument used for spectrographic analysis) | :: ספקטרוסקופ {m} /spektroskóp/ |
| spectrum {n} (range of colors) | :: ספקטרום /spéktrum/ |
| speculative fiction {n} (class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural or futuristic elements) | :: ספרות ספקולטיבית {f} |
| speech {n} (dialect or language) SEE: dialect | :: |
| speech {n} (vocal communication) | :: דיבור / דבור {m} /dibúr/ |
| speech {n} (an oration, session of speaking) | :: הרצאה {f} /hartsa'á/ |
| speed {n} (luck, success, prosperity) SEE: luck | :: |
| speed {n} (rapidity) | :: מהירות {f} /m'hirút/ |
| speed {n} (rate of motion) | :: מהירות {f} /m'hirút/ |
| speedboat {n} (racing boat) | :: סירת מרוץ {f} /sirat merots/ |
| speed of light {n} (the speed of electromagnetic radiation in a perfect vacuum) | :: מהירות האור |
| speed of sound {n} (speed at which sound is propagated) | :: מהירות הקול {f} /mehirót ha-kól/ |
| speed up {v} (increase speed (transitive)) | :: cyflymu |
| spell {n} (magical incantation) | :: כשוף {m} /kishúf/, לחש {m} /láẖash/ |
| spell {v} (to write or say the letters that form a word) | :: איית /iyét/ |
| spelling {n} (the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography) | :: כתיב {m} |
| spelling {n} (a specific spelling of a word) | :: איות {m} |
| spelt {n} (a type of wheat, Triticum aestivum spelta) | :: כוסמין |
| spelunk {n} (cave, cavern, grotto) SEE: cave | :: |
| sperm {n} (cell) | :: זרעון {m} /zir'on/ |
| sperm {n} (semen (fluid)) | :: זרע {m} /zéra‛/ |
| sperm bank {n} (vulgar: vagina) SEE: cunt | :: |
| spew {n} (vomit) SEE: vomit | :: |
| sphere {n} (mathematics: regular three-dimensional object) | :: כדור {m} /kadúr/, ספרה {f} /sféra/ |
| sphere {n} (spherical physical object) | :: כדור {m} /kadúr/, ספרה {f} /sféra/ |
| sphere {n} (region in which something or someone is active) | :: תחום {m} /tkhum/ |
| sphere {n} (astronomy: apparent outer limit of space) SEE: celestial sphere | :: |
| spice {n} (Yorkshire dialect: sweets, candy) SEE: sweet | :: |
| spice {n} (plant matter used to season or flavour food) | :: תבלין /tavlín/ |
| spicy {adj} | :: חריף /kharíf/ |
| spider {n} (arthropod) | :: עכביש {m} /akavish/ |
| spiderweb {n} (net-like construct of a spider) | :: קורי עכביש |
| Spidey-sense {n} (intuitive feeling, usually of something being dangerous or risky) | :: חוש העכביש /ha'akavish-khúsh/ |
| spigot {n} (faucet) SEE: tap | :: |
| spike {n} (sharp peak in a graph) | :: פרץ {m} /perets/ |
| spike addition {n} (technique in analytical chemistry) | :: הוספה סטנדרטית |
| spill one's guts {v} (vomit) SEE: vomit | :: |
| spin {v} | :: סחריר |
| spin {n} (favourable comment or interpretation) | :: הסברה {f} /hasbará/ |
| spinach {n} (a particular edible plant, Spinacia oleracea) | :: תרד {m} /tered/ |
| spinal cord {n} (thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue) | :: חוט השדרה {f} /khut ha-šidra/ |
| spindle {n} (dragonfly) SEE: dragonfly | :: |
| spindle {n} (rod in spinning and winding thread) | :: פלך {m} /pélekh/ |
| spindle {n} (rod which turns, or on which something turns round) | :: סרן {m} /séren/ |
| spindle tree {n} (tree of the genus Euonymus) SEE: spindle | :: |
| spine {n} (backbone) | :: עמוד שדרה {m} /'amúd shidrá/ |
| spine {n} (rigid, pointed surface protuberance or needle-like structure on an animal, shell, or plant) | :: קוץ {m} /qotz/, עוקץ / עקץ {m} /óqetz/ |
| spineless {adj} (uncourageous) | :: חסר חוט שדרה {m} /ḥasár ḥut shidrá/, חסר עמוד שדרה {m} /ḥasár 'amúd shidrá/ |
| spine pig {n} (porcupine) SEE: porcupine | :: |
| spinning top {n} (a toy) | :: סביבון {m} |
| spinning wheel {n} (device for spinning thread with a wheel and a spindle) | :: גלגל טוויה {m} /galgal tviyah/ |
| spin-off {n} (by-product) SEE: by-product | :: |
| Spinone Italiano {n} (Spinone) | :: ספינונה איטלקי {m} |
| spiny anteater {n} (common name for echidna) SEE: echidna | :: |
| spirit {n} (soul) | :: רוח {m} {f} /rúakh/ |
| spirit {n} (supernatural being) | :: רוח {m} {f} /rúakh/ |
| spirit {n} (alcohol) | :: ספירט {m} /spirt/ |
| spiritual {adj} (of or pertaining to the spirit or the soul) | :: רוחני /rukhaní/ |
| spirituality {n} | :: שאר רוח /sh"ar ruakh/ |
| spit {v} (to dig, to spade) SEE: dig | :: |
| spit {v} (to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.) | :: ירק {m} /yarak/ |
| spit {n} (saliva) | :: רוק {m} /rok/ |
| spit {n} (instance of spitting) | :: יריקה {f} /yerika/ |
| spleen {n} (organ) | :: טחול /tkhol/ |
| splendor {n} (magnificent appearance) | :: פאר {m} /Pe'er/, הוד {m} /hod/ |
| splice {v} (to unite in marriage) SEE: marry | :: |
| split {n} (manoeuvre, acrobatic feat) | :: שפאגט {m} |
| split {v} (divide along a more or less straight line) | :: פיצל /pitzél/, חילק /khilék/ |
| split {v} (share out) | :: התחלק /hitkhalék/, חילק /khilék/ |
| split {v} (leave) | :: עזב /azáv/ |
| split {v} (separate) | :: נפרד /nifrád/ |
| split {v} (divulge a secret; to betray confidence; to peach) SEE: peach | :: |
| Split {prop} (port city in Croatia) | :: ספליט |
| spodik {n} (tall fur hat) | :: ספודיק {m} |
| spoil {v} (ruin) | :: קלקל /qilqél/ |
| spoil {v} (to coddle or pamper) | :: פינק /pinéq/ |
| spoil {v} (become sour or rancid, to decay) | :: התקלקל /hitqalqél/ |
| spoil {n} (plunder taken from an enemy or victim) | :: שלל {m} /shalál/ |
| spoke {n} (part of a wheel) | :: חשור {m} /ḥishúr/ |
| spokesman {n} (one who speaks as the voice of a group of people) | :: דובר (dover) |
| spondyle {n} (joint of the backbone) SEE: vertebra | :: |
| sponge {n} (marine invertebrate) | :: ספוג {m} /s'fog/ |
| sponge {n} (piece of porous material used for washing) | :: ספוג {m} /sfog/ |
| sponge {v} (to clean with a sponge) | :: ספג /safág/ |
| sponge {n} (sponge cake) SEE: sponge cake | :: |
| sponge cake {n} (type of soft cake made from flour, sugar, baking powder and eggs, with a spongy structure) | :: עוגת ספוג {f} /ugát s'fog/ |
| spontaneous {adj} (random) SEE: random | :: |
| spoon {n} (scooped utensil for eating (or serving)) | :: כף {f} /kaf/ |
| spoon {v} (to flirt) SEE: flirt | :: |
| sport {n} (any athletic activity that uses physical skills) | :: ספורט {m} /sport/ |
| sportive {adj} (gay, frolicsome, merry) SEE: merry | :: |
| sportive {adj} (playful, coltish) SEE: playful | :: |
| sportsman {n} (male athlete) | :: ספורטאי /sportái/ |
| spotlight {n} (a bright lamp, especially one used to illuminate the center of attention on a stage) | :: זרקור {m} /zraqór/ |
| spouse {n} (husband) SEE: husband | :: |
| spouse {n} (wife) SEE: wife | :: |
| spouse {n} (person in a marriage or marital relationship) | :: בן זוג {m} /ben zúg/, בת זוג {f} /bat zúg/ |
| sprachbund {n} (group of languages sharing areal features primarily due to language contact) | :: שפראכבונד {m} /shprakhbund/ |
| spread {v} (to stretch out, expand) | :: פרש /parás/ |
| spread {v} (to extend, stretch out (limbs etc)) | :: פשט /pashát/ |
| spread {v} (to disperse, scatter) | :: פזר /pizzér/, בזק /bazáq/, זרה /zará/ |
| spread {v} (to smear, distribute in a thin layer) | :: מרח /maráẖ/ |
| spread {v} ((intransitive) to proliferate, to become more widely present, to be disseminated) | :: פשט /pashát/, התפשט /hitpashét/ |
| spread {v} ((transitive) to disseminate, make known or present) | :: הפיץ /hefíts/ |
| spread {v} ((intransitive) to take up a larger area, expand) | :: התפשט /hitpashét/ |
| spread {v} (to open one's legs especially for sexual favours) | :: פישק /pisék/ |
| spread {n} (food designed to be spread) | :: ממרח {m} /mimrákh/ |
| spread {n} (two facing pages) | :: כפולה {f} /kfulá/ |
| spreading {v} | :: התפשטות /hitposh'tüt/ |
| spring {v} | :: זינק /zinék/ |
| spring {n} (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) | :: אביב {m} /avív/ |
| spring {n} (water springing from the ground) | :: מעין {m} /ma'ayán/ |
| spring {n} (device made of flexible material) | :: קפיץ {m} /kfitz/ |
| spring {v} (to jump) SEE: jump | :: |
| spring {n} (jump) SEE: jump | :: |
| spring {n} (people sharing the same origin) SEE: race | :: |
| spring {n} (shoot) SEE: shoot | :: |
| spring {n} (cluster of trees) SEE: grove | :: |
| spring {n} (erection of the penis) SEE: erection | :: |
| spring {n} (youth) SEE: youth | :: |
| spring {n} (time of growth, early stages) SEE: beginning | :: |
| spring {n} (elasticity) SEE: elasticity | :: |
| Sprite {prop} (colourless, caffeine-free, lemon and lime-flavoured soft drink) | :: ספרייט {m} /sprayt/ |
| sprout {n} (new growth on a plant) | :: נבט {m} /névet/ |
| sprout {n} (edible germinated seed) | :: נבט {m} /névet/ |
| spruce {n} (tree from the genus Picea) | :: אשוחית |
| spud {n} ( potato) | :: בולבוס {m} /búlbus/ |
| spur {n} (implement for prodding a horse) | :: דורבן / דרבן {m} /dorbán/ |
| spur {v} (to prod) | :: דרבן /dirbén/ |
| spur {v} (to urge or encourage to action) | :: דרבן /dirbén/ |
| spur on {v} (spur) SEE: spur | :: |
| spurt {v} (to gush) | :: קלח {m} /qalákh/ |
| spurt {n} (brief gush) | :: שפריץ {m} /shpritz/ |
| sputnik {n} (a Soviet robotic space satellite) | :: ספוטניק {m} /spútnik/ |
| spy {n} (person who secretly watches) | :: מרגל {m} /meragel/, מרגלת {f} /meragelet/ |
| spyglass {n} (binoculars) SEE: binoculars | :: |
| spying {n} (espionage) SEE: espionage | :: |
| spyware {n} (program) | :: רוגלה {f} |
| squacco {n} (Ardeola ralloides) | :: אנפית סוף |
| squadron {n} (army: body of cavalry) | :: אסקדרון {m} /eskadron/ |
| squadron {n} (navy: detachment of vessels) | :: שיטת {m} /shayetet/ |
| squadron {n} (air force: tactical unit of at least two flights) | :: טיסת {m} /tayeset/ |
| square {n} (type of polygon) | :: רבוע {m} /ribu'a/ |
| square {n} (open space in a town) | :: כיכר \ ככר /kikár/ |
| square {n} (the # symbol on a telephone) | :: סולמית /solamit/ |
| square {n} (act quarrelling) SEE: quarrel | :: |
| square {v} (to take opposing sides) SEE: quarrel | :: |
| square {adj} (fair) SEE: fair | :: |
| square centimeter {n} (unit of area) | :: סנטימטר מקובע, סמ״ק |
| square sail {n} (sail set athwartships in a yard) | :: מפרש רחבי {m} /mifras rokhbi/ |
| squeaky wheel gets the grease {proverb} (the person who complains most receives the attention) | :: הגלגל החורק הוא זה שזוכה לשימון, מי שצועק מקבל |
| squeegee {n} (tool used for cleaning glass) | :: מגב /magev/ |
| squid {n} (sea animal) | :: דיונון /dyonún/ |
| squillion {n} (very large, unspecified number) SEE: zillion | :: |
| squirrel {n} (rodent) | :: סנאי {m} /sna'í/ |
| squirting cucumber {n} (Ecballium elaterium) | :: ירקת החמור {f} /yərōqeṯ ha-ḥamṓr/, קשוא החמור {m} /qiššūʾ ha-ḥamṓr/ |
| Sri Lanka {prop} (a country in South Asia) | :: סרי לנקה {f} /sri lanka/ |
| Srinagar {prop} (summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, India) | :: סרינגאר |
| s.t. {conj} (such that) | :: כך ש־ /kákh shé-/ |
| stability {n} (condition of being stable) | :: יציבות {f} /y'tsivút/ |
| stability {n} (tendency to recover from perturbations) | :: יציבות {f} /y'tsivút/ |
| stable {n} (building for animals with hoofs) | :: רפת {f} /réfet/ |
| stable {adj} (relatively unchanging) | :: יציב {m} /yatsiv/ |
| stack {n} (a pile of identical objects) | :: לערום {m} |
| stack {n} (computing: data structure) | :: מחסנית {f} /makhsanit/ |
| stadium {n} (venue where sporting events are held) | :: אצטדיון {m} /itstadyón/ |
| staff {n} (long, straight, thick rod or stick) | :: מקל {m} /makél/, מטה {m} /maté/ |
| staff {n} (employees of a business) | :: סגל {m} /ségel/ |
| staff {n} (commanding officers) | :: מטה {m} /maté/ |
| stag {n} (adult male deer) | :: איל {m} /ayál/ |
| stag {n} (castrated bull) | :: איל /ayal/ |
| stage {n} (in theatre) | :: במה {f} /bamá/ |
| staggered {adj} (astonished) SEE: astonished | :: |
| stagnation {n} | :: סטגנציה /stagnatsia/ |
| stained glass {n} (coloured glass) | :: ויטראז׳ /vitrazh/ |
| stair {n} (series of steps) | :: מדרגות, מדרגה {f} /madregá/ |
| staircase {n} (stairway) | :: מדרגות {f-p} /madregót/ |
| stairs {n} (contiguous set of steps) | :: גרם מדרגות {m} /gerem madregot/ |
| stake {n} (pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) | :: יתד {m} /yātḗḏ/ |
| stake {n} (timber to which a martyr was affixed to be burned) | :: מוקד {m-p} /moqéd/ |
| stake a claim {v} (lay claim) SEE: lay claim | :: |
| stalactite {n} (mineral deposit hanging from the roof of a cave) | :: נטיף {m} /netif/ |
| Stalin {prop} (Stalin) | :: סטאלין {m} /stalin/ |
| Stalinism {n} (Communist philosophies espoused by Josef Stalin) | :: סטליניזם {m} /stalinizm/ |
| stalk {n} (stem or main axis of a plant) | :: גבעול {m} /giv'ol/ |
| stalk {v} (to approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer) | :: ארב /aráv/ |
| stalker {n} (a person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions) | :: מטריד כפייתי {m} |
| stammer {v} (to stutter) | :: גמגם /gimgém/ |
| stammer {n} (involuntary repetition of sounds in speech) | :: גמגום /gimgum/ |
| stamp {n} (postage stamp) SEE: postage stamp | :: |
| -stan {suffix} (home of; place where one stays; used especially in place names) | :: -סטן {f} /-stan/, -סתאן {f} /-stan/, -סטאן {f} /-stan/ |
| stand {v} (to support oneself on the feet in an erect position) | :: עמד /amad/ |
| stand {v} | :: להעמיד /leha`amíd/, לסבול /lisból/, לעמוד /la`amód/, להיעמד /lehe`améd/ |
| stand {n} (resolute, unwavering position) | :: עמדה {f} /emdá/ |
| standard {adj} (falling within an accepted range) | :: סטנדרטי {m} /standárti/, תקני {m} /tiqní/ |
| standard {n} (something used as a measure) | :: סטנדרט {m} /stándart/, תקן {m} /téqen/ |
| standing rigging {n} | :: חבל ניח {m} /khibel nayakh/ |
| Stanley knife {n} (utility knife) SEE: utility knife | :: |
| stanza {n} (a unit of a poem) | :: בית {m} /báit/ |
| stapler {n} (device which binds together paper) | :: מכלב {m} /makhlev/ |
| star {n} (luminous celestial body) | :: כוכב {m} /kokháv/ |
| star {n} (concave polygon) | :: כוכב {m} /kokhav/ |
| star {n} (celebrity) | :: כוכב /kokhav/, סלב /seleb/, ידוען /yeduan/ |
| star {n} (asterisk) | :: כוכבית /kokhavit/ |
| star {n} (quality rating symbol) | :: כוכב /kokhav/ |
| star {n} | :: כוכב /kokhav/ |
| Starbucks {prop} (chain of coffee shops) | :: סטארבקס /starbaks/ |
| starch {n} (substance) | :: עמילן {m} /amilan/ |
| starch {n} (carbohydrates) | :: עמילן {m} /amilan/ |
| starfish {n} (various echinoderms) | :: כוכב ים {m} /kokháv yam/ |
| star fruit {n} (fruit) | :: קרמבולה {f} |
| Star of Bethlehem {prop} (star mentioned in the Gospel of Matthew) | :: כוכב בית לחם {m} /kokháv bet lékhem/ |
| Star of David {prop} (symbol of Jewish Community and Judaism) | :: מגן דוד {m} /maɡén davíd/ |
| starring {v} (present participle of "to star") SEE: star | :: |
| start {n} (beginning of an activity) | :: התחלה {f} /hatkhalá/ |
| start {n} (beginning point of a race) | :: התחלה {f} /hatkhalá/ |
| start {v} (to set in motion) | :: התחיל /hitkhíl/ |
| start {v} (to begin) | :: התחיל /hitkhíl/ |
| start {v} (to initiate operation of a vehicle or machine) | :: התחיל /hitkhíl/ |
| start {v} (of an activity, to begin) | :: התחיל /hitkhíl/, פצח /patsákh/ |
| startle {v} (to excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension) | :: הבהיל {m} /hevhil/ |
| Star Wars {prop} (Saga) | :: מלחמת הכוכבים /milḥémet hakokhavím/ |
| Star Wars {prop} (Strategic Defense Initiative) | :: יוזמת ההגנה האסטרטגית |
| state {n} (any sovereign polity) | :: מדינה /m'diná/ |
| state {n} (a political division of a federation retaining a degree of autonomy) | :: מדינה {f} /m'diná/, ארץ {f} /érets/ |
| state {n} (a condition) | :: מצב {m} /matsáv/ |
| state {n} (math: an element of the range of random variables) | :: מצב {m} /matzáv/ |
| state {v} (declare to be a fact) | :: הצהיר /hits'hír/ |
| statefunction {n} (wavefunction) SEE: wavefunction | :: |
| statement {n} | :: הצהרה {f} /ha-tseharah/ |
| State of Israel {prop} (country (official name)) | :: מדינת ישראל {f} /m'dinát yisra'él/ |
| State of Kuwait {prop} (country (official name)) | :: מדינת כוית/כווית /Midinat Kuwait/ |
| state of matter {n} (different phases of matter) | :: מצב צבירה {m} /matsav tsivra/ |
| statesman {n} (man who is a leader in national or international affairs) | :: מדינאי |
| static electricity {n} (an electric charge) | :: חשמל סטטי {m} |
| station {n} (place where a vehicle may stop) | :: תחנה {f} /takhaná/ |
| station {n} (broadcasting entity) | :: תחנה {f} /takhaná/ |
| stationary distribution {n} (a row vector) | :: וקטור הסתברויות סטציונרי /véctor histabruyót statzyonári/ |
| statistic {n} (single item of a statistical study) | :: סטטיסטיקת /statistiket/ |
| statistics {n} (mathematical science) | :: סטטיסטיקה {f} /statístika/ |
| statue {n} (three-dimensional work of art) | :: פסל {m} /pésel/ |
| statue {n} (portrait) SEE: portrait | :: |
| status symbol {n} (visible possession that is a sign of one's personal wealth or social status) | :: סמל סטטוס |
| Stavropol {prop} (city) | :: סטברופול |
| stay {v} (to remain in a particular place) | :: נשאר /nish'ár/ |
| stay {n} (residence, sojourn) | :: שהות {f} /shehút/ |
| stay {n} (corset) SEE: corset | :: |
| steal {v} (to illegally take possession of) | :: גנב /ganáv/ |
| steal {v} (to move silently) | :: התגנב /hitganév/ |
| steal {n} (merchandise available at a very attractive price) | :: מציאה {f} |
| steal {n} (the act of stealing) | :: גניבה {f} |
| steam {n} (water vapor) | :: אד {m} /ed/, קיטור {m} /kitór/, הבל {m} /hével/ |
| steam {n} (pressurized water vapor) | :: קיטור /kitor/ |
| steam engine {n} (steam locomotive) SEE: steam locomotive | :: |
| steaming {adj} (giving off steam) | :: מהביל {m} /mahabíl/ |
| steam locomotive {n} (locomotive powered by steam) | :: קטר קיטור {m} /katar kitor/ |
| steam turbine {n} (system through which steam is passed) | :: טורבינת קיטור {f} /turbinat kitor/ |
| steed {n} (stallion) | :: פרש |
| steel {n} (metal produced from iron) | :: פלדה {f} /pladah/ |
| steep {adj} (expensive) SEE: expensive | :: |
| steep {adj} (near-vertical) | :: תלול |
| steep {v} (to soak an item in liquid) | :: השרה /hishrá/ |
| steer {v} (intransitive: to guide the course) | :: נוהג /nohég/ |
| steer {v} (transitive: to guide the course of) | :: נוהג ב־ /nohég b-/ |
| steer {v} (to direct a group of animals) | :: נוהג /nohég/ |
| steer {v} (to maneuver or manipulate a person or group into a place or course of action) | :: מוביל /movíl/ |
| steer {v} (to direct the conversation) | :: מנהל (שיחה) /menahél (sikhá)/, מנחה /mankhé/ |
| steerage {n} (cheapest class of accommodation in a ship) | :: ספון בינים {m} /sipun beynayim/, בינת ספונים {f} /beynat sipunim/ |
| steering wheel {n} (wheel-shaped control) | :: הגה {m} /hege/ |
| stegosaur {n} (dinosaur) | :: סטגוזאור |
| stela {n} (archaeology: an obelisk or upright stone pillar) SEE: stele | :: |
| stele {n} ((archaeology) tall, slender stone monument) | :: אסטלה {f} /astela/ |
| St. Elmo's fire {n} (electrical discharge) | :: אש אלמו הקדוש |
| stem {n} (botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant) | :: גבעול {m} |
| stem {n} | :: גבעול {m} /giv'ol/ |
| steno {n} (stenographer) SEE: stenographer | :: |
| stenographer {n} (someone skilled in the transcription of speech) | :: קצרן {m} /katsran/, קצרנית {f} /katsranit/ |
| step- {prefix} (prefix used to indicate that the person being identified is not a blood relative) | :: חורג {m} /chorég/, חורגת {f} /choréget/ |
| step {n} (pace) | :: צעד {m} /tsá'ad/ |
| step {n} | :: צעד {m} /tza'ad/ |
| step {v} | :: דרך /darakh/ |
| Stepanakert {prop} (the capital of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic) | :: סטפנקרט |
| Stephen {prop} (male given name) | :: סטפן |
| step in {v} (To act) SEE: act | :: |
| stepmother {n} (wife of one's biological father, not one's biological mother) | :: אם חורגת (em chóreget) |
| stereo {adj} (of sound) | :: סטריאו |
| sterile {adj} (unable to reproduce) | :: עקר, עקר /ikar/ |
| sterilize {v} ((biology) to destroy all spores or germs) | :: חיטא \ חטא /khité/ |
| sternpost {n} (timber or bar at the stern of a vessel) | :: מזוזת הירכתים {f} /mezuzat hayarkhatayim/ |
| sternum {n} (breastbone) SEE: breastbone | :: |
| stethoscope {n} (medical instrument) | :: סטתוסקופ {m} /stetoskop/ |
| stevedore {n} (dockworker involved in loading and unloading cargo) | :: סטיבדור {m} /stivador/, סור {m} /savar/ |
| steven {n} (command) SEE: command | :: |
| steven {n} (a prayer) SEE: prayer | :: |
| steven {n} (voice) SEE: voice | :: |
| Steven {prop} (male given name) SEE: Stephen | :: |
| steward {n} (ship's officer in charge of making dining arrangements and provisions) | :: כלכל {m} /kalkal/ |
| steward {n} (flight attendant) SEE: flight attendant | :: |
| stick {n} (twig or small branch) | :: מקל {m} /makél/ |
| stick {n} (long piece of wood) | :: מקל {m} /makél/ |
| stick {n} (cylindrical piece (of chalk, wax etc)) | :: מקל {m} /makél/ |
| stick {n} (cane or walking stick) | :: מקל {m} /makél/ |
| stick {n} (gearstick, stickshift) | :: ידני {m} /yadaní/ |
| sticking plaster {n} (adhesive bandage) SEE: band-aid | :: |
| stick plaster {n} (sticking plaster) SEE: band-aid | :: |
| stiff-necked {adj} (stubborn) | :: קשה ערף /qshe 'óref/ |
| stiletto {n} (awl) SEE: awl | :: |
| still {adv} (up to a time, as in the preceding time) | :: עוד (od) |
| still {adv} (nevertheless) | :: למרות זאת |
| stilt {n} (crutch) SEE: crutch | :: |
| stilt sandpiper {n} (Calidris himantopus) | :: בצנית תמירונית |
| sting {n} (bite or sting (by an insect)) | :: עקיצה {f} |
| sting {n} (pointed portion of an insect or arachnid used for attack) SEE: stinger | :: |
| stinger {n} (pointed portion of an insect) | :: עוקץ {m} /‘óqetz/ |
| stink {v} (have a strong bad smell) | :: הסריח |
| stipulation {n} (something that is stated or stipulated as a condition of an agreement) | :: התניה {f} /hatnayah/ |
| stir-fry {n} (dish) | :: מקפץ {m} /muqpátz/ |
| stirrup {n} (footrest used by riders) | :: ארכוף {m} /arkof/, משורת {f} /mishveret/ |
| stitch {v} (form stitches in) SEE: sew | :: |
| stitch {v} (agriculture: to form land into ridges) SEE: plough | :: |
| stochastic process {n} (a function mapping to set of random variables) | :: תהליך סטוכסטי {m} /tahalích stochásti/, תהליך אקראי {m} /tahalích akra'í/ |
| stock {n} (store of goods for sale) | :: מלאי {m} |
| stock exchange {n} (building and the associated organization) | :: בורסה |
| Stockholm {prop} (capital of Sweden) | :: סטוקהולם /stoqholm/ |
| stocks {n} | :: סד /sad/ |
| stocktaking {n} (act of taking an inventory of merchandise etc) | :: ספירת מלאי |
| stoichiometry {n} (the study of the relationships of reactants and products in chemical reactions) | :: סטויכיומטריה {f} /stoykhiometriya/ |
| stokehold {n} (a chamber where a ship's furnaces are stoked) | :: מסקה {f} /masakah/ |
| stokehole {n} (stokehold) SEE: stokehold | :: |
| stoker {n} (person who stokes) | :: מסיק {m} /masik/ |
| stolid {adj} (having or revealing little emotion or sensibility) | :: עצור /atzúr/ |
| stolperstein {n} (small, cobblestone-sized memorial for an individual victim of Nazism) | :: שטולפרשטיין {m} /shtolpershtáyn/, אבן נגף {f} /'éven négef/ |
| stomach {n} (digestive organ) | :: קיבה \ קבה {f} /kevá/ |
| stomach {n} (belly) | :: בטן {f} /béten/ |
| stomach {n} (appetite) SEE: appetite | :: |
| stomach {n} (figuratively: desire, appetite) SEE: appetite | :: |
| stompie {n} (cigarette butt) SEE: butt | :: |
| stone {n} (substance) | :: אבן {f} /éven/ |
| stone {n} (small piece of stone) | :: אבן {f} /éven/ |
| Stone Age {prop} (prehistoric period) | :: תקופת האבן |
| stoned {adj} (drunk) SEE: drunk | :: |
| Stonehenge {prop} (ancient group of standing stones in England) | :: סטונהנג' |
| stone marten {n} (Martes foina) SEE: beech marten | :: |
| stoner {n} (a habitual user of cannabis) | :: סטלן {m} /satlán/ |
| stool {n} (toilet) SEE: toilet | :: |
| stool {n} (footstool) SEE: footstool | :: |
| stool {n} (chamber pot) SEE: chamber pot | :: |
| stop {v} (to cease moving) | :: עצר /'atsár/ |
| stop {v} (to not continue) | :: נגמר /nigmár/, פסק {m} /pasak/ |
| stop {v} (to cause to cease moving) | :: עצר /'atsár/ |
| stop {v} (to cause to come to an end) | :: גמר /gamár/, הפסיק {m} /hifsik/ |
| stop {v} (to close an opening) | :: סתם /satám/ |
| stop {v} (to stay a while) | :: עצר /'atsár/ |
| stop {v} (to tarry) | :: עצר /'atsár/ |
| stoplight {n} ((US) a traffic control signal) SEE: traffic light | :: |
| stopover {n} (interruption in a journey) | :: חניית ביניים /hani'at beinayim/ |
| storage {n} (place) | :: מחסן {m} /maẖsán/ |
| store {n} (in computing) SEE: memory | :: |
| store {n} (shop) SEE: shop | :: |
| storey {n} (floor, level) | :: קומה {f} /komá/ |
| stork {n} (large wading bird of the family Ciconiidae) | :: חסידה {f} /khasidá/ |
| storm {n} (disturbed state of the atmosphere) | :: סערה {f} /se'arà/, סופה {f} /sufá/ |
| storm {n} | :: סערה {f} /sè'àra/ |
| story {n} (lie) SEE: lie | :: |
| story {n} (account of events) | :: סיפור \ ספור {m} /sipúr/ |
| story {n} (storey) SEE: storey | :: |
| stout {adj} (obstinate) SEE: obstinate | :: |
| stove {n} (heater) | :: תנור {m} /tanúr/, כירה {f} /kirá/, כירים {f-d} /kiráyim/ |
| stove {n} (device for heating food) | :: תנור {m} /tanúr/ |
| stovepipe hat {n} (stovepipe hat) SEE: top hat | :: |
| Stradivarius {n} (stringed instrument built by members of the Stradivari family) | :: סטרדיוואריוס {m} /stradvárius/ |
| straight {adj} (not crooked or bent) | :: ישר {m} /yashár/ |
| straight {adj} (direct, truthful, frank) | :: ישיר {m} /yashír/ |
| straight {adj} (heterosexual) | :: סטרייט {m} /streit/ |
| straight {adv} (in a forward direction) | :: ישר /yashár/ |
| straight angle {n} (angle equal to 180°) | :: זוית שטוחה {f} /zavít shtuḥá/ |
| straight away {adv} (very soon; immediately) SEE: right away | :: |
| strait {n} (narrow channel of water) | :: מיצר \ מצר {m} /meitsár/ |
| strait {n} (a difficult position) | :: צרה {f} /tsará/ |
| Strait of Messina {prop} (narrow section of water between Sicily and mainland Italy) | :: מצר מסינה {m} /Metzár Mesína/ |
| Strait of Sicily {prop} (strait between Sicily and Tunisia) | :: מצר סיציליה {m} /metzár sitzílya/ |
| strake {n} (continuous line of planks or plates in a vessel's hull) | :: טור לוחות {m} /tur lukhot/ |
| strand {n} (each of strings that make up yarn, rope or cord) | :: גדיל {m} /gdil/ |
| strange {adj} (not normal) | :: מוזר /muzár/ |
| strangle {v} (to kill someone by strangulation) | :: חנק /khanák/, חנק למוות /khanák lamávet/ |
| Strategic Defense Initiative {prop} (Star Wars) SEE: Star Wars | :: |
| strategy {n} (plan of action) | :: אסטרטגיה {f} |
| strategy {n} (techniques in politics or business) | :: אסטרטגיה {f} |
| Strauss {prop} (surname) | :: שטראוס {m} {f} |
| straw {n} (a dried stalk of a cereal plant) | :: קש {m} /qash/ |
| straw {n} (dried stalks considered collectively) | :: קש {m} /qash/, תבן {m} /téven/ |
| straw {n} (drinking straw) SEE: drinking straw | :: |
| strawberry {n} (fruit) | :: תות שדה {m} /tut sadé/ |
| strawberry tree {n} (the European plant Arbutus unedo) | :: קטלב {m} /K'tlav/ |
| stream {n} (small river) | :: יובל {m} /yuval/, פלג {m} /peleg/, נחל {m} /nakhal/ |
| stream {n} (any steady flow or succession of material) | :: זרם {m} /zerem/ |
| stream {n} | :: גיח {m} |
| street {n} (paved part of road in a village or a town) | :: רחוב {m} /rekhóv/ |
| streetcar {n} (tram) SEE: tram | :: |
| streetcleaner {n} (person) SEE: street sweeper | :: |
| street sweeper {n} (machine used to sweep streets) | :: מטאטא רחוב |
| strength {n} (quality of being strong) | :: חוזק {m} /khózek/ |
| strength {n} (strength) SEE: potency | :: |
| strengthen {v} (to make strong or stronger) | :: לחזק /lekhazék/ |
| stress {n} (on a syllable) SEE: accent | :: |
| stress {n} (emotional pressure) | :: מצוקה {f} |
| stretch {n} (thought which diverts from logic) | :: הגזמה |
| stretcher {n} (simple litter designed to carry a sick, injured, or dead person) | :: אלונקה {f} /alunka/ |
| strife {n} (violent conflict) | :: מדון |
| strike {v} (to hit) | :: להכות |
| strike {n} (work stoppage) | :: שביתה {f} /sh'vitá/ |
| strike while the iron is hot {v} (act on an opportunity promptly) | :: להכות בברזל בעודו חם |
| string {n} (long, thin structure made from twisted threads) | :: מיתר /meitar/ |
| string {n} (string of a musical instrument) | :: מיתר {m} /meytár/ |
| stripe {n} (long straight region of a colour) | :: פס {m} /pas/ |
| stroboscope {n} (instrument for studying or observing periodic movement by rendering a moving body visible only at regular intervals) | :: סטרובוסקופ {m} /stroboskóp/ |
| stroke {n} (time when a clock strikes) | :: פעימה {f} |
| stroke {n} (particular style of swimming, single movement in that style) | :: חתירה {f} |
| stroke {n} (loss of brain function arising when the blood supply to the brain is suddenly interrupted) | :: שבץ {m} /shaváts/, שבץ מחי {m} /shaváts mokhí/ |
| stroke {n} (- slash) SEE: slash | :: |
| stroke {n} (appetite) SEE: appetite | :: |
| strong {adj} (capable of producing great physical force) | :: חזק /khazák/ |
| strong {adj} (capable of withstanding great physical force) | :: חזק /khazak/, עמיד /‘amíd/ |
| strong {adj} (determined, unyielding) | :: נחוש /nakhúsh/ |
| strong {adj} (having a high concentration of an essential or active ingredient) | :: חזק /khazák/ |
| strong {adj} (slang: impressive) | :: מרשים /marshim/ |
| strongbox {n} (sturdy box with a lock) SEE: safe | :: |
| strontium {n} (chemical element) | :: סטרונציום {m} /strontsiyum/ |
| structure {n} (cohesive whole built up of distinct parts) | :: מבנה {m} /mivné/ |
| structure {n} (overall form or organization of something) | :: מבנה {m}, תצורה {f} |
| structure {n} (set of rules defining behaviour) | :: מסגרת, מתכונת |
| strudel {n} (layered pastry) | :: שטרודל {m} /shtrúdel/ |
| stubborn {adj} (refusing to move or change one's opinion) | :: עקשן /'aqshán/, עקש /'iqésh/, קשה ערף /qshe 'óref/ |
| stud {n} (sexually attractive male) | :: סוס {m} /sus/, חתיך {m} /khatikh/ |
| student {n} (person who studies a subject) | :: סטודנט {m} /studént/, סטודנטית {f} /studéntit/ |
| student {n} (schoolchild, pupil, person attending school) SEE: schoolchild | :: |
| studio album {n} (studio album) | :: אלבום אולפן {m} /album ulpan/ |
| study {v} (to revise/review materials) | :: למד /lamád/ |
| study {v} (to acquire knowledge) | :: למד /lamád/ |
| study {n} (act of studying or examining) SEE: examination | :: |
| study {n} (music: piece for special practice) SEE: etude | :: |
| stuff {n} (miscellaneous items; things) | :: חומר \ חמר {m-p} /khómer/ |
| stuff {n} (the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object) | :: חומר \ חמר {m-p} /khómer/ |
| stuff {n} (word substituted for material of unknown type or name) | :: דבר {m} /davár/ |
| stuff {n} (substitution for trivial details) | :: חומר \ חמר {m-p} /khómer/ |
| stuff {v} (to fill by crowding into) | :: מלא /milé/ |
| stuff {v} (to fill a space with (something) in a compressed manner) | :: מלא /milé/ |
| stuff {v} (to be sated) | :: שבע /savá/ |
| stuff {v} (to break) | :: נשבר /nishbár/ |
| stuff {v} (to preserve a dead animal) | :: פחלץ /pikhléts/ |
| stuffed {adj} (with material) | :: פוחלץ {m} |
| stuffed {adj} (with food) | :: פוחלץ |
| stump {n} (remains of something that has been cut off) | :: גדם {m} /gédem/ |
| stunning {adj} (having an effect that stuns) | :: מהמם /mehamém/ |
| stunning {adj} (exceptionally beautiful or attractive) | :: מהמם /mehamém/ |
| stupid {adj} (lacking in intelligence) | :: טיפש \ טפש {m} /tipésh/, מטופש {m} /metupásh/ |
| stupidity {n} | :: טפשות (tipshoot) {f} |
| stutter {v} (to speak with spasmodic repetition) SEE: stammer | :: |
| stutter {n} (speech disorder) | :: גמגום {m} /gimgum/ |
| sty {n} (ladder) SEE: ladder | :: |
| sty {v} (to rise up) SEE: ascend | :: |
| style {n} (gnomon or pin of a sundial) SEE: gnomon | :: |
| style {n} (manner of creating, doing, or presenting something, especially a work of architecture or art) | :: סגנון {m} /signón/ |
| stylist {n} (hairdresser) SEE: hairdresser | :: |
| stylophone {n} (small synthesizer operated using a stylus) | :: סטיילופון {m} /stilofon/ |
| Styx {prop} (river of the underworld) | :: סטיקס /stiks/ |
| subcutaneous {adj} (pertaining to the fatty layer under the skin) | :: תת-עורי /thath-ori/ |
| subdirectory {n} (directory located inside another directory) | :: תיקיית משנה {f} /tikiyát mishné/ |
| subfolder {n} (folder within another folder) | :: תיקיית משנה {f} /tikiyát mishné/ |
| subject {n} (in grammar) | :: נושא /nosé/ |
| subject {n} (main topic) | :: נושא /nosé/ |
| subject {n} (citizen in a monarchy) | :: נתין {m} /natin/ |
| subliminal message {n} (message under normal perception) | :: מסר תת סיפי |
| submarine {n} (undersea boat) | :: צוללת {f} /tsolelet/ |
| submariner {n} (member of a submarine crew) | :: צוללן {m} /tsolelan/ |
| submit {v} (enter or put forward something for approval, consideration, marking etc.) | :: הגיש /higísh/ |
| suborder {n} (taxonomic category) | :: תת־סדרה {f} /tát-sidrá/ |
| subsequence {n} (sequence that is contained within a larger one) | :: תת־סדרה {f} /tát-sidrá/ |
| subset {n} (set whose elements are within another given set) | :: תת קבוצה |
| subsidize {v} (assist by granting a subsidy) | :: לסבסד |
| subspecies {n} (rank in the classification of organisms) | :: תת-מין |
| substance {n} (physical matter; material, see also: matter) | :: חומר \ חמר {m} /khómer/ |
| substance {n} (essential part) | :: תוכן {m} /tókhen/ |
| substantive {n} (noun) SEE: noun | :: |
| substrate {n} (the material or substance on which an enzyme acts) | :: מצע {m} /matsá/ |
| substrate {n} (a surface on which an organism grows or is attached) | :: מצע {m} /matsá/ |
| substrate {n} (an underlying layer; a substratum) | :: מצע {m} /matsá/ |
| subtext {n} (implicit meaning of a text) | :: משמעות סמוייה {f} /mashma'ut smuya/, תת כותרת {f} |
| subtitle {n} (heading below a title) | :: כותרת משנה {f} |
| subtitle {n} (textual versions of the dialog in films) | :: כתובית {f} |
| subtle {adj} (hard to grasp) | :: דק, עדין, מעודן, חמקמק, מרומז, עמום, טמיר, עלום |
| subtropics {n} (the region between the tropics and the temperate latitudes of the world) | :: סובטרופי /subtropi/ |
| suburb {n} (area on the periphery of a city or large town) | :: פרבר {m} /parbar/, פרור {m} /parvár/ |
| subway {n} (underground railway) | :: מטרו {m} /metró/, רכבת תחתית {f} |
| succeed {v} (To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful) | :: הצליח /hitzlíaḥ/, עשה חיל /'asá ḥáyil/ |
| success {n} (achievement of one's aim or goal) | :: הצלחה {f} /hatzlakhá/ |
| success {n} | :: הצלחה {f} /hatzlakhah/ |
| successful {adj} (resulting in success) | :: מוצלח /mutzlákh/ |
| success has many fathers, failure is an orphan {proverb} (many will seek credit for success, few for failure) | :: להצלחה אבות רבים, הכשלון הולך יתום |
| succulent {adj} (botany: having fleshy leaves or other tissues that store water) | :: בשרני /basrani/ |
| such as {prep} (for example) SEE: for example | :: |
| such as {prep} (like) | :: כגון /kegón/ |
| such is life {phrase} (used to express the acceptance of misfortune) | :: אלה החיים /ele hakhayim/ |
| suck {v} (to use the mouth to pull in (liquid etc)) | :: מצץ /matsáts/ |
| sucker {n} (one who is easily fooled) | :: פראייר {m} /frayer/ |
| suction cup {n} (cup using suction as an adhesive) | :: כוסות רוח {f-p} /kosot ruach/ |
| Sudan {prop} (Republic of Sudan) | :: סודן /sudan/ |
| sudden {n} (surprise) SEE: surprise | :: |
| sudden {adj} (happening quickly and with little or no warning) | :: פתאומי {m} /pit'omi/ |
| suddenly {adv} (happening quickly and with little or no warning) | :: פתאום /pit'óm/ |
| suds {n} (lather, foam) | :: קצף סבון |
| Suez {prop} (Suez, Egypt) | :: סואץ {m} |
| Suez Canal {prop} (canal) | :: תעלת סואץ |
| suffer {v} (undergo hardship) | :: סבל /saval/ |
| sufferer {n} (one who suffers) | :: סובל {m} /sovel/, סובלת {f} /sovelet/ |
| suffering {n} (condition) | :: סבל {m} /sével/, יסורים /yisurim/ |
| sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof {proverb} (the present provides enough to worry about) | :: דיה לצרה בשעתה |
| suffocate {v} ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body) | :: נחנק |
| suffocate {v} ((intransitive) to die due to insufficient oxygen supply to the body) | :: נחנק |
| suffocate {v} ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body) | :: חנק |
| suffocate {v} ((transitive) to kill someone by depriving him of a sufficient oxygen intake) | :: חנק |
| sugar {n} (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet and used to sweeten food and drink) | :: סוכר / סכר {m} /sukár/ |
| sugar cane {n} (species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar) | :: קנה סוכר |
| sugar daddy {n} (slang: man who spends money for a relationship with a younger partner) | :: שוגר דדי |
| sugar-loaf {n} (conical block of sugar) | :: חרוט סכר {m} /kharút sukár/, ככר סכר {f} /kikár sukár/ |
| Sugarloaf Mountain {prop} (rocky peak in Rio de Janeiro) | :: הר הסכר {m} /Har ha-Sukár/, חרוט הסכר {m} /Kharút ha-Sukár/ |
| sugar water {n} (water sweetened with sugar) | :: מי סוכר |
| suggest {v} (to imply but stop short of saying directly) | :: רמז ramoz |
| suggest {v} (to ask for without demanding) | :: הציע /hitsía/ |
| suicide {n} (instance of killing oneself) | :: התאבדות {f} /hit'abdút/ |
| suicide {n} (person who has killed himself/herself, is killing (is attempting/has attempted to kill) himself/herself) | :: מתאבד {m} /mit'abéd/, מתאבדת {f} /mit'abédet/ |
| suicide {adj} (to kill oneself intentionally) SEE: commit suicide | :: |
| suit {n} (set of clothes) | :: חליפה {f} /khalifa/ |
| suitable {adj} (appropriate to a certain occasion) | :: ראוי /ra'uy/, מתאים /mat'im/, הולם /holem/ |
| suitcase {n} (large piece of luggage) | :: מזוודה \ מזודה {f} /mizvadá/ |
| sulfur {n} (element) | :: גפרית {f} /gofrít/ |
| sulfur mustard {n} (mustard gas) SEE: mustard gas | :: |
| sulk {v} (to express ill humor or offence by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn) | :: זעף /za'af/ |
| sullenly {adv} (in a sullen manner) | :: בזעף |
| sultan {n} (ruler) | :: סולטאן {m} /sultan/ |
| Sultanate of Oman {prop} (official name of Oman) | :: סלטנות עומן /Sulitanut Oman/, סולטנות עומאן /Sulitanut Oman/ |
| sum {n} (quantity obtained by addition or aggregation) | :: סכום {m} /s'khum/ |
| sum {n} (quantity of money) | :: סכום {m} /s'khum/ |
| sum {n} (summary) SEE: summary | :: |
| sum {n} (summit) SEE: summit | :: |
| sumac {n} (shrub or small tree of the genus Rhus, etc.) | :: אוג |
| Sumer {prop} (civilization) | :: שומר /shumér/, שנער /šinʿar/ |
| summary {n} (condensed presentation) | :: תקציר {?} |
| summer {n} (hottest season) | :: קיץ {m} /káyits/ |
| summer camp {n} (institution devoted to housing and entertaining children) | :: קיטנה {f} /qaytaná/, מחנה קיץ {m} /maḥané qáyitz/ |
| summer time {n} (daylight saving time) SEE: daylight saving time | :: |
| summit {n} (peak, top of mountain) | :: פסגה {f} /pisgá/ |
| summon {v} (to call people together) | :: זמן /zimmén/ |
| sun {prop} (the star around which the Earth revolves, see also: Sun) | :: שמש {f} {m} /shémesh/, חמה {f} /khamá/ |
| sun {n} (a star, especially when seen as the centre of any single solar system) | :: שמש {m} {f} /shémesh/, כוכב {m} /kokháv/ |
| sun {n} (light and warmth received from the sun) | :: שמש {m} {f} /shémesh/ |
| sun {n} (something like the sun in brightness or splendor) | :: שמש {m} {f} /shémesh/, מאור {m} /maór/ |
| sun {n} | :: שמש {m} {f} /shémesh/, חמה {f} /ĥamma/ |
| Sun {prop} (star) | :: שמש /shémesh/, חמה /khamá/ |
| Sunday {n} (day of the week) | :: יום ראשון {m} /yom rishón/, יום א' {m} /yom álef/ |
| sundial {n} (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow) | :: שעון שמש {m} /sh'ón shémesh/ |
| sunfish {n} (fish of the family Molidae) | :: דג השמש |
| sunflower {n} (flower) | :: חמנית /chammanit/ |
| sunglasses {n} (tinted glasses worn to protect the eyes from the sun) | :: משקפי־שמש {m-p} /mishkafé shémesh/ |
| sunrise {n} (time of day) | :: זריחה {f} /zrikha/ |
| sunrise {n} (sky changing color) | :: זריחה {f} /zrikha/ |
| sunshine {n} (direct rays of the sun) | :: שמש זורחת /shomésh zorchát/ |
| sunup {n} (time of day) SEE: sunrise | :: |
| sunup {n} (change in color of sky) SEE: sunrise | :: |
| super {adj} (better than usual) | :: סופר |
| supercilium {n} (arch of hair) SEE: eyebrow | :: |
| superego {n} (part of the mind) | :: אני עליון |
| superlative {n} (highest degree of something) | :: מופלג |
| supermajority {n} (qualified majority) SEE: qualified majority | :: |
| supermarket {n} (store) | :: סופרמרקט {m} /supermarqet/, מרכול |
| supermassive black hole {n} (Any black hole with a large mass) | :: חור שחור על-מסיבי {m} |
| superstar {n} (very famous person) | :: סופרסטאר {m} /súperstar/ |
| superstition {n} (a belief that events may be influenced by one's behaviour in some magical or mystical way) | :: אמונה תפלה {f} /emuná t'felá/ |
| superwoman {n} (exceptional woman) | :: אשת חיל {f} /eshet khail/ |
| supplication {n} (an act of supplicating) | :: התחננות {f} |
| supplication {n} (a prayer) | :: תחנון {m} |
| support {n} (set of points where the function is not zero) | :: תומך {m} |
| supportive {adj} (providing support) | :: תומך {m}, תומכת {f} |
| suppose {v} (conclude; believe) | :: הניח /heníakh/ |
| suppose {v} (theorize; hypothesize) | :: הניח /heníakh/ |
| supreme court {n} (court of law representing the highest legal authority within a jurisdiction) | :: בית המשפט העליון {m} /bet ha-mishpát ha-'elyón/ |
| Supreme Leader {n} (head of state of Iran) | :: המנהיג העליון {m} |
| supremum {n} (element of a set greater than or equal to all members of a given subset) | :: סופרמום {m}, חסם עליון {m} |
| sura {n} (chapter of the Qur'an) | :: סורה {f} /sura/ |
| Surat {prop} (city in India) | :: סוראט |
| sure {adj} (certain, reliable) | :: בטוח /batúakh/ |
| sure {adj} (certain in one's knowledge or belief) | :: בטוח /batúakh/ |
| sure {interj} (of course) | :: בטח |
| surety {n} (certainty) SEE: certainty | :: |
| surf {v} (to ride a wave) | :: גלש |
| surf {v} (to browse the Internet) | :: גלש |
| surfer {n} (person who rides a surfboard) | :: גולש {m} /golésh/ |
| surgeon {n} (doctor who performs surgery) | :: מנתח |
| surgery {n} (medical specialty) | :: כירורגיה {f} /kirurgya/ |
| Suriname {prop} (country) | :: סורינאם /surinam/ |
| surname {n} (name that indicates family) | :: שם משפחה {m} /shem mishpakhá/ |
| surplus {n} (excess, overplus) | :: עודף /'ódef/ |
| surprise {n} (something not expected) | :: הפתעה {f} /haftaá/ |
| surreal {adj} (having the intense reality of a dream) | :: הזוי {m}, הזויה {f} |
| surrealism {n} (artistic movement and aesthetic philosophy) | :: הסוריאליזם {m} |
| surrogate mother {n} (woman who gives birth to a child not her own) | :: אם פונדקאית {f} /em pundeqaít/ |
| surround {v} (surround, fence in) SEE: enclose | :: |
| surroundings {n} (area surrounding someone or something) | :: סביבה {f} /s'vivá/ |
| surroundings {n} | :: הקף /hekeif/ |
| surveillance {n} (observation of individuals or groups of individuals) | :: מעקב סמוי {m} /maakav samui/ |
| survival horror {n} | :: הישרדות אימה {f} /hisardut-eima/ |
| survive {v} (object, concept: continue to exist) | :: שרד /sarád/ |
| survive {v} (live past a life-threatening event) | :: שרד /sarád/ |
| Susa {prop} (capital) | :: שושן /shushán/ |
| Susan {prop} (female given name) | :: שושנה /shoshána/ |
| Susanna {prop} (female given name) SEE: Susan | :: |
| Susanna {prop} (biblical character) | :: שושנה {f} /shoshaná/ |
| sushi {n} (Japanese dish) | :: סושי {m} /súshi/ |
| suspect {n} (person suspected of something) | :: חשוד {m} /chashúd/ חשודה {f} /chashudá/ |
| suspend {v} (To halt temporarily) | :: השעה /hish'á/ |
| Sutekh {prop} (Egyptian God) SEE: Set | :: |
| Suva {prop} (capital of Fiji) | :: סובה {f} /suva/ |
| Suzuki {prop} (a Japanese surname) | :: סוזוקי /Suzuki/ |
| Swahili {n} (language) | :: סווהילי \ סוהילי /swahíli/, סווהילית \ סוהילית {f} /swahílit/ |
| swallow {v} (to cause to pass from the mouth into the stomach) | :: בלע /balá/ |
| swallow {n} (bird) | :: סנונית {f} /snunit/ |
| swamp {n} (type of wetland) | :: ביצה \ בצה {f} /bitzá/ |
| swan {n} (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus) | :: ברבור {m} /barbúr/ |
| swan song {n} (a final performance) | :: שירת הברבור |
| swarm {n} (large number of insects) | :: נחיל {m} /neḥíl/ |
| swarthy {adj} (dark) SEE: dark | :: |
| swastika {n} (a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle) | :: צלב הקרס {m} /tslav ha-keres/ |
| Swaziland {prop} (Kingdom of Swaziland, see also: eSwatini) | :: סוואזילנד |
| swear {v} (to take an oath) | :: נשבע /nishbá/ |
| swear {v} (to curse, to use offensive language) | :: קלל /kilél/ |
| swear word {n} (impolite or offensive taboo word) | :: קללה {f} /klala/ |
| sweat {n} (fluid that exits the body through pores) | :: זיעה \ זעה {f} /ze'á/ |
| sweat {v} (to emit sweat) | :: הזיע /hizía/ |
| sweater {n} (similar garment worn for warmth) | :: סוודר \ סודר {m} /svéder/ |
| swede {n} (turnip) SEE: turnip | :: |
| Swede {n} (person from Sweden or of Swedish descent) | :: שוודי |
| Sweden {prop} (Scandinavian country) | :: שװדיה \ שודיה {f} /sh'védya/ |
| Swedish {prop} (language) | :: שבדית {f} /shvedít/ |
| Swedish {adj} (of or pertaining to Sweden) | :: שוודי \ שודי |
| sweet {adj} (having a pleasant taste) | :: מתוק /matók/ |
| sweet {adj} (having a taste of sugar) | :: מתוק /matók/ |
| sweet {adj} (containing a sweetening ingredient) | :: מתוק /matok/ |
| sweet {adj} (of a wine: retaining a portion of sugar) | :: מתוק /matok/ |
| sweet {adj} (having a pleasing disposition) | :: מתוק /matok/ |
| sweet {adj} (having a helpful disposition) | :: מתוק /matok/ |
| sweet {n} (sugary confection) | :: מתוק /matok/ |
| sweet {n} (food eaten for dessert) SEE: dessert | :: |
| sweet {n} (basic taste sensation induced by sugar) SEE: sweetness | :: |
| sweet cream {n} (Cream) | :: שמנת מתוקה {f} /shaménet m'tuká/ |
| sweetener {n} (food additive) | :: ממתיק {m} /mamtik/ |
| sweetheart {n} (darling) SEE: darling | :: |
| sweetie {n} (sweetheart) | :: מותק /móteq/ |
| sweetie {n} (type of fruit) | :: פומלית {f} /pomelit/ |
| sweetness {n} (condition of being sweet or sugary) | :: מתיקות {f} /metikút/ |
| sweet pepper {n} (fruit) SEE: bell pepper | :: |
| sweet potato {n} (tuber) | :: בטטה /batáta/ |
| sweetwater {n} (fresh water) SEE: fresh water | :: |
| swell {v} (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged) | :: אבב /avov/ |
| swelling {n} | :: התנפחות /hitnapkhût/ |
| swift {n} (bird) | :: סיס {m} /sis/ |
| swim {v} (move through water) | :: שחה /sakhá/ |
| swimmer {n} (one who swims) | :: שחיין {m} /sakhyán/, שחיינית {f} /sakhyanít/ |
| swimming {n} (human activity of moving oneself through water) | :: שחיה {f} /s'chiyah/ |
| swimming costume {n} (garment for swimming) SEE: swimsuit | :: |
| swimming pool {n} (pool for swimming) | :: ברכת שחיה / בריכת שחייה /brekhát skhiyá/, ברכה / בריכה {f} /brekhá/ |
| swimming trunks {n} (a pair of shorts or briefs worn for swimming or bathing) | :: מכנסי שחיה {f} /miknesey s'chiyah/ |
| swimmist {n} (swimmer) SEE: swimmer | :: |
| swimsuit {n} | :: בגד ים {m} /beged yam/ |
| swimwear {n} (clothing for swimming) SEE: swimsuit | :: |
| swine {n} (pig) SEE: pig | :: |
| swine {n} (contemptible person) | :: חזיר {m} |
| swing state {n} (A state which may vote Democratic or Republican) | :: מדינה מתנדנדת {f} /m'diná mitnadnédet/ |
| swing vote {n} (vote held by a swing voter, and as such it is an unpredictable vote) | :: קול צף /kol tsaf/ |
| Swiss {adj} (of or pertaining to Switzerland) | :: שוויצרי {m} /shveitsári/ |
| Swiss Confederation {prop} (Official name of Switzerland) | :: הקונפדרציה השװײצריה /Ha-konefederatzyah ha-Šwe'itzarya/ |
| switch {n} (device to turn electric current on and off) | :: מתג {m} /méteg/ |
| switch {v} (to exchange) | :: החליף /hekhlíf/ |
| Switzerland {prop} (sovereign country) | :: שויץ / שװײץ {f} /šváyitz/ |
| swole {adj} (upset) SEE: upset | :: |
| sword {n} (weapon) | :: חרב {f} /ẖérev/, סיף {m} /sáyif/ |
| swordfish {n} (Xiphias gladius) | :: חלפית {f} /ḥalipit/ |
| sword of Damocles {n} (thing or situation which causes a prolonged state of impending doom or misfortune) | :: חרב דמוקלס |
| sycamore {n} (Platanus) | :: דולב {m} /dolev/ |
| Sydney {prop} (in Australia) | :: סידני |
| syllable {n} (unit of speech) | :: הברה {f} /havará/ |
| syllabus {n} (summary of topics) | :: סילבוס {m} /silabus/ |
| syllogism {n} (inference from premises) | :: סילוגיזם {m} /silogizm/, היקש {m} /hekésh/ |
| Sylvester {prop} (male given name) | :: סילבסטר {m} /silvéster/ |
| symbiosis {n} (relationship of mutual benefit) | :: סימביוזה {f} /simbyoza/ |
| symbol {n} (character or glyph) | :: סמל {m} /sémel/ |
| symbol {n} (object meant to represent another) | :: סמל {m} /sémel/ |
| symbol {n} (summary of a dogmatic statement of faith) | :: סממן {m} /sam'mán/ |
| symbolic {adj} (pertaining to a symbol) | :: סמלי /simlí/, סמלית /simlít/ |
| symbolic {adj} (implicitly referring to another thing) | :: סמלי {m} /simlí/, סמלית {f} /simlít/, סימבולי {m} /simbóli/, סימבולית {f} /simbólit/ |
| sympathetic nervous system {n} (sympathetic nervous system) | :: המערכת הסימפתטית |
| sympathy {n} (feeling of pity or sorrow for the suffering or distress of another) | :: אהדה {f} /Ahada/, אהדה {f} /Ahada/ |
| symphony orchestra {n} (large orchestra that traditionally plays Western classical orchestral music) | :: תזמורת סימפונית {f} /tizmorét simfónit/ |
| symptom {n} (figuratively: indicator of something) | :: תסמין {m} /tɑsmin/, סימפטום {m} /simptom/ |
| synagogue {n} (Jewish place of worship) | :: בית־כנסת {m} /beit-k'néset/ |
| synagogue {n} (Jewish congregation) | :: קהילה {f} /q'hilá/ |
| synagogue {n} | :: בית כנסת (bet kneset) {m} |
| synclinal {n} (synclinal fold) | :: קער |
| syncline {n} (concave upward fold) SEE: synclinal | :: |
| synecdoche {n} (figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole) | :: סינקדוכה {f} /sinekdokha/ |
| synod {n} (ecclesiastic council or meeting) | :: סינוד {m} |
| synonym {n} (word with same meaning as another) | :: מילה נרדפת \ מלה נרדפת {f} /milá nirdéfet/ |
| synthesizer {n} (music: an electronic keyboard instrument) | :: סינתיסייזר {m} |
| syphilis {n} (sexual disease caused by Treponema pallidum) | :: עגבת {m} /'agévet/ |
| Syracuse {prop} (city in New York state) | :: סירקיוז |
| Syria {prop} (country in the Middle East) | :: סוריה {f} /súrya/ |
| Syriac {prop} (language) | :: סורית /surit/ |
| Syrian {n} (a person from Syria or of Syrian descent) | :: סורי {m} /súri/, סורית {f} /súrit/ |
| Syrian Arab Republic {prop} (official name of Syria) | :: הרפובליקה הערבית הסורית /harepubeliqah ha‘aravit hasurit/ |
| syringe {n} (hypodermic syringe) | :: מזרק {m} /mazrék/ |
| syrup {n} (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) | :: סירופ {m} /siróp/ |
| system {n} (collection of organized things; whole composed of relationships among its members) | :: שיטה {f} /shitá/ |
| systematically {adv} (in an organized manner) | :: שיטתית /shitatit/, סיסטמטית /sistematit/ |