| wad {n} (substantial pile (normally of money)) | :: סטפה {f} /stéfa/ |
| wadi {n} (a valley, gully, or stream-bed in northern Africa and southwest Asia that remains dry except during the rainy season) | :: ואדי |
| Waffen-SS {prop} (combat arm of the Schutzstaffel) | :: ואפן אס אס /vafn es es/ |
| wage {n} (money paid to a worker) | :: משכורת \ משכרת {f} /maskorét/, שכר {m} /sakhár/ |
| waist {n} (part of the body between the pelvis and the stomach) | :: מתן {m} /moten/ |
| waister {n} (a seaman stationed in the waist) | :: איש מתנים {m} |
| wait {v} (delay until some event) | :: חיכה \ חכה /khiká/, המתין /himtín/ |
| waiter {n} (a server in a restaurant or similar) | :: מלצר {m} /meltsár/ |
| waiting list {n} (ordered list of people waiting to obtain a good or service) | :: רשימת המתנה {f} /reshimat hamtana/ |
| waitlist {n} (waiting list) SEE: waiting list | :: |
| waitress {n} (female waiter) | :: מלצרית {f} /meltsarít/ |
| wake {v} (to stop sleeping) | :: התעורר, נעור, הקיץ |
| wake {v} (to make somebody stop sleeping) | :: העיר |
| wake up {v} (to (become) awake) | :: התעורר /hit'orér/ |
| wake up {v} (to awaken (someone else)) | :: העיר /he'ír/ |
| wake up {v} (to become more aware of a real-life situation.) | :: התעורר /hit'orér/ |
| Wales {prop} (a constituent nation of the UK) | :: וולס /vols/, וילס /Veils/, ויילס /Veils/ |
| walk {v} (to move on the feet) | :: הלך /halákh/ |
| walk {v} (to travel a distance by walking) | :: הלך /halákh/ |
| walk {v} (to take for a walk) | :: הוליך /holíkh/, לקח לטיול /lakákh l'tiyúl/ |
| walk {n} (trip made by walking) | :: טיול {m} /tiyúl/, הליכה {f} /halikhá/ |
| walk {n} (manner of walking) | :: צורת הליכה {f} /tsurát halikhá/ |
| walk {n} (graph theory: a sequence of alternating vertices and edges) | :: הילוך {m} |
| walking {n} (gerund of walk) | :: הליכה {f} /halikhá/ |
| walking cane {n} (walking stick) SEE: walking stick | :: |
| walking stick {n} (cane) | :: מקל הליכה {m} /makel haliḥa/ |
| walkout {n} (stoppage of work) SEE: strike | :: |
| walkthrough {n} ((video games) playthrough detailing the steps involved in winning the game) | :: בהדרכה |
| wall {n} (defensive rampart) | :: קיר {m} /kir/ |
| wall {n} (structure built for defense surrounding an area) | :: חומה {f} /khomá/ |
| wall {n} (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) | :: קיר {m} /kir/ |
| Wallachia {prop} (region in Romania) | :: ולאכיה |
| wallet {n} (case for keeping money) | :: ארנק {m} /arnák/ |
| wallpaper {n} (decorative paper for walls) | :: טפט {m} /ta'pet/, טפיטי נייר /tapiti nyar/, נייר־קיר /nyar-kir/ |
| walnut {n} (tree) | :: אגוז {m} /egóz/ |
| walnut {n} (nut) | :: אגוז מלך {m} /egóz mélekh/ |
| walrus {n} (large Arctic marine mammal) | :: ניבתן {m} /nivtan/, סוס ים {m} /sus yam/ |
| wand {n} (hand-held narrow rod) | :: מטה {m} /maté/, שרביט {m} /sharvít/ |
| wandering {n} | :: תעיה /t'ìyah/ |
| wangle {v} (falsify) SEE: falsify | :: |
| wanker {n} (idiot) | :: אידיוט {m} /idyót/ |
| want {v} (desire) | :: רצה /ratsá/ |
| want {v} (lack) SEE: lack | :: |
| waqf {n} (inalienable endowment for charity) | :: וקף |
| war {n} (conflict involving organized use of arms) | :: מלחמה {f} /milkhamá/ |
| war crime {n} (offense for violations of the law of war) | :: פשע מלחמה {m} |
| war criminal {n} (person guilty of a war crime) | :: פושע מלחמה {m} |
| -ward {suffix} (forming adverbs) | :: ־ה /-a/, ל־ /l'-/ |
| wardrobe {n} (lavatory) SEE: toilet | :: |
| wardrobe {n} (movable furniture for storing clothes) | :: ארון {m} /arón/ |
| wardrobe {n} | :: מלתחה |
| -wards {suffix} (forming adverbs) | :: ־ה /-a/, ל־ /l'-/ |
| warehouse {n} (A place for storing large amounts of products) | :: מחסן {m} /makhsán/ |
| warlock {n} (male magic-user) | :: מכשף {m} /mechashéf/ |
| warm {adj} (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) | :: חמים {m} /khamím/, חמימה {f} /khamimá/ |
| warm {adj} (being something that causes warmth) | :: חמים {m} /khamím/, חמימה {f} /khamimá/ |
| warm {adj} (caring, of relation to another person) | :: חם {m} /khám/, חמה {f} /khamá/ |
| warm {v} (to make or keep warm) | :: חימם /khimém/ |
| warm {v} (to increasingly favour) | :: נפתח /niftákh/ |
| warning {interj} (warning of danger in signs) | :: זהירות {f} /z'hirút/ |
| war of aggression {n} (military conflict waged without the justification of self-defense, usually for territorial gain and subjugation) | :: מלחמה תוקפנית |
| warp {n} (threads running lengthwise) | :: שתי {m} /shti/ |
| warp and woof {n} (threads in a woven fabric) | :: שתי וערב /shti va'érev/ |
| warrant {v} (to authorize) SEE: authorize | :: |
| warranty {n} (insurance law: a stipulation of an insurance policy made by an insuree, guaranteeing that the facts of the policy are true and the insurance risk is as stated) | :: אחראיות יצרן {f} /akhrayut yatsran/ |
| warrior {n} (person actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare) | :: לוחם {m} /loḥém/, לוחמת {f} /loḥémet/ |
| Warsaw {prop} (capital city of Poland) | :: וורשה \ ורשה {f} /vársha/ |
| warship {n} (ship built or armed for naval combat) | :: ספינת מלחמה |
| wart {n} (type of growth occurring on the skin) | :: יבלת {f} /yabėleţ/ |
| warthog {n} (a species of wild pig) | :: חזיר יבלות מצוי |
| Warwick {prop} (county town of Warwickshire) | :: ווריק {m} /Vórik/ |
| wasabi {n} (green Japanese condiment) | :: ואסאבי /vasabi/ |
| wash {v} (to clean with water) | :: רחץ /rakháts/, שטף /shatáf/ |
| washbasin {n} (basin used for washing, sink) | :: כיור {m} /kiyór/ |
| washer {n} (flat disk) | :: שייבה {f} |
| washing machine {n} (machine that washes clothes) | :: מכונת כביסה /m'khonat kvisa/ |
| Washington {prop} (name) | :: וושינגטון {m} /voshington/ |
| Washington, D.C. {prop} (federal capital of the United States of America) | :: וושינגטון די. סי. {m} /vashingtun di si/ |
| washroom {n} (toilet) SEE: toilet | :: |
| wasp {n} (insect) | :: צרעה {f} /tsir'ah/ |
| waste {n} (useless by-products, garbage) | :: אבטלה {f} /avtalah/ |
| waste {n} (action of wasting, ineffective use) | :: אבטלה {f} /avtalah/ |
| wastebasket {n} (garbage can) SEE: garbage can | :: |
| watch {n} (portable or wearable timepiece) | :: שעון {m} /sha‘ón/ |
| watch {n} (particular time period) | :: אשמורת \ אשמרת {f} /ashmóret/ |
| watch {v} (to look at for a period of time) | :: הסתכל /histakél/, הביט /hibít/ |
| watcher {n} (guard) SEE: guard | :: |
| watchlist {n} (list for special attention) | :: רשימת מעקב {f} /reshimát ma'akáv/ |
| watchmaker {n} (person who repairs (and originally made) watches) | :: שען {m} /sha'án/, שענית {f} /sha'anít/ |
| watchword {n} (word used as expressive of a principle) | :: אמרת כנף {f} /imrát kanáf/ |
| water {n} (mineral water) SEE: mineral water | :: |
| water {v} (to pour water into the soil surrounding (plants)) | :: השקה /hishká/ |
| water {v} (to provide (animals) with water) | :: השקה /hishqá/ |
| water {v} (colloquial: to urinate) | :: השתין /hishtín/ |
| water {n} (clear liquid H₂O) | :: מים /máyim/ |
| water {n} (one of the basic elements) | :: מים {m-p} /máyim/ |
| water {n} (body of water, or specific part of it) | :: מים {m-p} /máyim/ |
| water {n} (urine) | :: שתן {m} /shéten/ |
| water bear {n} (A member of the phylum Tardigrada) | :: דובון מים {m} /dubón máyim/ |
| waterbody {n} (significant accumulation of water) SEE: body of water | :: |
| water carrier {n} (Aquarius) SEE: Aquarius | :: |
| water closet {n} (room with a toilet) SEE: toilet | :: |
| water closet {n} (toilet) SEE: toilet | :: |
| watercress {n} (Nasturtium officinale) | :: גרגיר הנחלים |
| waterfall {n} (flow of water over the edge of a cliff) | :: מפל מים {m} /mapál máyim/ |
| waterfall {n} (waterfall-like outpouring) | :: מפל {m} /mapál/ |
| water lily {n} (Any members of Nymphaeaceae) | :: שושנת מים {f} /shoshanát máyim/ |
| watermelon {n} (plant) | :: אבטיח {m} /avatíakh/ |
| watermelon {n} (fruit) | :: אבטיח {m} /avatíakh/ |
| watermill {n} (mill powered by water) | :: טחנת מים {f} /takhanat mayim/ |
| water police {n} (police department charged with patrolling harbours and waterways) | :: יחידת שטור ימי {f} /yekhidat shitur yami/ |
| watershed {n} (boundary between adjacent catchment basins) | :: קו פרשת המים {m} |
| watershed {n} (critical point marking a change in course or development) | :: קו פרשת המים {m} |
| watershed {n} (drainage basin) SEE: drainage basin | :: |
| water tower {n} (tank of water) | :: מגדל מים {m} /migdal maim/ |
| waterway {n} (navigable body of water) | :: נתיב מים {m} /netiv mayim/ |
| watery grave {n} (death or loss of object via sinking in water) | :: קבר במצולות, טביעה במצולות |
| watt {n} (derived unit of power) | :: ואט |
| wattle {n} (Australian acacia) | :: שטה {f} /shitá/ |
| waulk {v} (full) SEE: full | :: |
| wave {n} (moving disturbance, undulation) | :: גל {m} /gal/ |
| wavefunction {n} (notion in quantum mechanics) | :: פונקציית גל |
| wavelength {n} (the length of a single cycle of a wave) | :: אורך גל /órekh gal/ |
| waw {n} (Arabic letter) | :: וי״ו {m} {f} /vav/ |
| wax {n} (oily, water-resistant substance) | :: שעוה / שעווה |
| wax {n} (beeswax) SEE: beeswax | :: |
| way {adv} (very) SEE: very | :: |
| way {n} (road, direction, path) | :: דרך {f} /dérekh/ |
| way {n} (means to enter or leave) | :: אמצעי {m} /emtsa'i/ |
| way {n} (method or manner) | :: דרך {f} /derekh/, שיטה {f} /shita/ |
| way {adv} (much) SEE: much | :: |
| way {adv} (far) SEE: far | :: |
| way of life {n} (style of living) | :: ארח חיים {m} /óraẖ ẖayím/ |
| way out {n} (exit) SEE: exit | :: |
| way to go {interj} (expression of congrats, encouragement or approval) | :: כל הכבוד! /kól hakavód!/ |
| way too {adv} | :: מאוד /məód/ |
| we {pron} (the speakers, or the speaker(s) and other person(s) not being addressed (exclusive we: he or she or they and I)) | :: אנחנו /anákhnu/, אנו /ánu/ |
| weak {adj} (lacking in force or ability) | :: חלש /khalásh/ |
| weak {adj} | :: חלש /khalásh/ |
| weaken {v} (to make weaker) | :: החליש {m} /hechlish/ |
| weakness {n} (condition of being weak) | :: חולשה {f} /khulshá/ |
| wealthy {adj} (rich) | :: אמיד {m} /amíd/ |
| weapon {n} (instrument of attack or defense in combat) | :: כלי נשק {m} /kli nésheq/ |
| weapon of mass destruction {n} (weapon causing large-scale death or destruction) | :: נשק בלתי קונבנציונלי |
| weaponry {n} (weapons collectively) | :: נשק {m} /nésheq/, כלי נשק {m-p} /klei nésheq/ |
| wear {v} (to have on (clothes)) | :: לבש /lavásh/ |
| weasel {n} (least weasel, Mustela nivalis) | :: סמור /samur/ |
| weather {n} (state of the atmosphere) | :: מזג אויר {m} /mézeg-avír/ |
| weather {n} | :: מזג אוויר |
| weather {n} (situation) SEE: situation | :: |
| weather deck {n} (uncovered deck, deck open to weather, uppermost deck) | :: ספון גלוי {m} /sipun galui/ |
| web {n} (spiderweb) SEE: spiderweb | :: |
| web browser {n} (a computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web) | :: דפדפן {m} /dafdefán/ |
| weblog {n} (blog) SEE: blog | :: |
| web page {n} (a single page in a website) | :: דף {m} /daf/ |
| website {n} (a collection of pages on the World Wide Web) | :: אתר אינטרנט /atar internet/ |
| wedding {n} (marriage ceremony) | :: חתונה \ חתנה {f} /khatuná/ |
| wedge {n} (simple machine) | :: טריז {m} /t'riz/ |
| wedgie {n} (prank in which a person's underpants are pulled up sharply) | :: לבני להכניס טריז {m} /lavanay lehekhnis triz/ |
| Wednesday {n} (day of the week) | :: יום רביעי {m} /yom revi’í/, יום ד' {m} /yom dálet/ |
| wee {adj} (small, little) | :: קטן {m} /katán/ |
| weed {n} (cigar) SEE: cigar | :: |
| weed {n} (the weed) SEE: tobacco | :: |
| weed {n} (unwanted plant) | :: עשב {m} /ésev/ |
| weed {n} (slang: marijuana) | :: גראס {m} /gras/ |
| wee hours {n} | :: השעות הקטנות {f-p} /hasha'ót haqtanót/ |
| week {n} (period of seven days) | :: שבוע \ שבוע {m} /shavúa/ |
| weekday {n} (weekday) | :: יום חל {m} /yom ḥol/ |
| weekend {n} (break in the working week) | :: סוף שבוע {m} (Friday and Saturday in Israel) |
| weekly {adv} (once every week) | :: אחת לשבוע /akhát le-shavúa/ |
| weekly {adv} (every week) | :: כל שבוע /kol shavúa/ |
| weekly {adj} (of or relating to a week) | :: שבועי /shvu'í/ |
| weekly {adj} (happening once a week or every week) | :: שבועי {m} /shvu'í/ |
| weekly {n} (publication that is published once a week) | :: שבועון {m} /shavu'ón/ |
| wee-wee {n} | :: בולבול /bulbul/ |
| weigh {v} | :: שקל /shaqal/ |
| weighing machine {n} (a mechanical device for determing the weight of an object or person) | :: משקולת מדידה |
| weight {n} (physics: mass) SEE: mass | :: |
| weight {n} (force due to gravity) | :: משקל {m} /mishqál/ |
| weight {n} (object to make something heavier) | :: משקלת {f} /mishqólet/ |
| weight {n} (standardized measuring weight) | :: משקלת {f} /mishqólet/ |
| weight {n} (weight for training muscles) | :: משקלת {f} /mishqólet/ |
| Weimar Republic {prop} (Germany between 1919 and 1933) | :: רפובליקת ויימאר |
| weird {adj} (having an unusually strange character or behaviour) | :: מוזר |
| welcome {adj} (whose arrival is a cause of joy) | :: ברוך הבא |
| welcome {interj} (greeting given upon someone's arrival) | :: !ברוך הבא {m} /barúkh habá/, !ברוכה הבאה {f} /brukhá habaá/, !ברוכים הבאים {p} /brukhím habaím/, !ברוכות הבאות {f-p} /brukhót habaót/ |
| weld {v} (to join materials (especially metals) by applying heat) | :: ריתך /ritékh/ |
| welder {n} (one who welds) | :: רתך {m} /rátakh/ |
| welfare trap {n} (situation) | :: מלכודת הרווחה |
| welkin {n} (sky) SEE: sky | :: |
| well {adv} (accurately; competently) | :: היטב /heitév/ |
| well {adv} | :: היטב |
| well {adj} (in good health) | :: בריא {m}, בריאה {f} |
| well {interj} (used to introduce a statement that may be contrary to expectations) | :: וואלה, ובכן /uvkhén/ |
| well {n} (hole sunk into the ground) | :: באר {f} /b’er/ |
| well {n} (cockpit of a sailing boat) SEE: cockpit | :: |
| well done {interj} (exclamation of praise) | :: יופי, כל הכבוד |
| Wellington {prop} (capital of New Zealand) | :: ולינגטון {f} /welington/ |
| Welsh {n} | :: וולשית /welshít/ |
| Wen {prop} (Chinese surname) | :: וואן |
| Wend {n} (Slav) SEE: Slav | :: |
| Wendish {adj} (Sorbian) SEE: Sorbian | :: |
| Wendish {prop} (Sorbian) SEE: Sorbian | :: |
| werewolf {n} (wolflike human) | :: אדם זאב {m} /adám zeév/, אנשי זאב {m-p} /anshéi zeév/ |
| west {n} (compass point) | :: מערב {m} /ma'aráv/, ים {m} /yam/ |
| West Bank {prop} (territory) | :: יהודה ושומרון {m-p} /y'hudá v'shom'rón/, הגדה המערבית {f} /hagadah hama'aravít/ |
| West Bengal {prop} (state) | :: מערב בנגל |
| western {n} (film or other dramatic work) | :: מערבון {m} /ma'arvón/ |
| Western {adj} (of, situated in, or related to the West) SEE: western | :: |
| Western Asia {prop} (the westernmost subregion of Asia) | :: מערב אסיה |
| western barn owl {n} (Tyto alba furcata) | :: תנשמת לבנה, שעיר {m} /sa'ir/ |
| western cattle egret {n} (Bubulcus ibis) | :: אנפית בקר |
| Western Europe {prop} (Western Europe) | :: מערב אירופה {m} /ma`aráv 'eiróppah/ |
| westernization {n} (assimilation of the western culture) | :: התמערבות |
| Western Sahara {prop} (a territory in northern Africa) | :: סהרה המערבית {f} /sahara ha-ma'aravit/ |
| Western Wall {prop} (ancient wall in Jerusalem, remnant of the Jewish Second Temple) | :: הכותל המערבי \ הכתל המערבי {m} /hakótel hama'araví/, הכותל \ הכתל {m} /hakótel/ |
| West Jerusalem {prop} (western sector of Jerusalem) | :: מערב ירושלים {m} /ma'aráv y'rushaláyim/, ירושלים המערבית {f} /y'rushaláyim hama'aravít/ |
| Westminster Abbey {prop} (large Gothic church) | :: מנזר וסטמינסטר {m} /Minzar Vestminster/ |
| wet {adj} (made of liquid or moisture) | :: רטוב {m} /ratóv/, רטובה {f} /retuvá/ |
| wet {adj} (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) | :: רטוב {m} /ratóv/, רטובה {f} /retuvá/ |
| wet {adj} (of weather or a time period: rainy, see also: rainy) | :: רטוב {m} /ratóv/ |
| wet {v} (cover or impregnate with liquid) | :: הרטיב /hirtív/ |
| wet {v} (urinate accidentally in or on) | :: הרטיב /hirtív/ |
| wet {v} (become wet) | :: נרטב /nirtáv/ |
| wet dream {n} (ejaculation or orgasm while asleep) SEE: nocturnal emission | :: |
| wet nurse {n} (woman hired to suckle another woman's child) | :: מינקת {f} /meinéket/ |
| whale {n} (large sea mammal) | :: לווייתן \ לויתן {m} /livyatán/ |
| whaler {n} (vessel for hunting whales) | :: ספינת לויתנים {f} /sfinat livyetanim/, ספינת ציד לויתנים {f} /sfinat tseyd livyetanim/ |
| what {pron} (what? (interrogative pronoun)) | :: מה /ma/ |
| what {pron} (nonstandard relative pronoun) | :: ש /she/ |
| what {adv} (such) | :: איזה {m} /éize/ |
| what {interj} (expression of surprise) | :: מה? /ma?/ |
| what {determiner} (which) | :: איזה /'éyze/ |
| what are you doing {phrase} (what are you doing) | :: מה אתה עושה? /ma atá ose?/, מה את עושה? /ma at osa?/ |
| what doesn't kill you makes you stronger {proverb} (hardship builds moral character) | :: מה שלא הורג, מחשל / ma she-ló horég, mechashél/ |
| what does that have to do with the price of tea in China {phrase} (a comment used to indicate that a previous comment is irrelevant or unimportant) | :: מה עניין שמיטה אצל הר סיני |
| what does XX mean {phrase} (what does XX mean?) | :: מה זה XX? /ma ze XX?/, מה XX אומר? /ma XX omer?/ |
| what do you mean {phrase} (what do you mean?) | :: מה זה אומר? /ma ze omér?/, מה זאת אומרת? /ma zot oméret/, מה אתה אומר? /ma atá omér?/, מה את אומרת? /ma at oméret?/ |
| whatever {interj} (indicating the speaker does not care what someone says) | :: שיהיה /sheyihiyé/, מה שתגיד /ma shetagíd/ , מה שתגידי /ma shetagídi/ |
| what goes around comes around {proverb} (actions have consequences) | :: שלח לחמך על פני המים כי ברבות הימים תמצאנו, מה שנותנים ־ מקבלים, כל אחד מקבל בסוף מה שמגיע לו, הגלגל מסתובב, גלגל חוזר בעולם |
| what is that {phrase} (what is that?) | :: מה זה? {m} /ma zé/, מה זאת? {f} /ma zót/ |
| what is your name {phrase} (what is your name?) | :: מה שמך? /má shimkhá?/ , מה שמך? /má sh'mékh?/ |
| what's good {phrase} (what's up) SEE: what's up | :: |
| what's-his-name {pron} (A person or entity whose name one does not remember) | :: פלוני אלמוני |
| whatsoever {adj} (in any way) | :: כהוא זה /kehú ze/ |
| what's up {phrase} (How are you?) | :: מה קורה |
| what's up {phrase} | :: מה נשמע |
| what the fuck {phrase} (An intensive form of what) | :: מה לעזאזל /ma la`azazél/ |
| what the fuck {interj} (expressing astonishment) | :: מה לעזאזל /ma la`azazél/ |
| what the fuck {interj} (expressing nonchalance) | :: למה לא /lama ló/ |
| what the hell {phrase} (an intensive form of what) | :: מה לעזאזל /ma laazazél/ |
| what time is it {phrase} (what is the time of day?) | :: מה השעה? /ma hasha'a?/ |
| wheat {n} (grain) | :: חיטה {f} /khitá/ |
| wheel {n} (a circular device facilitating movement or transportation) | :: גלגל {m} /gálgal/ |
| wheel {n} (steering device in a vessel) | :: הגה {m} /hége/ |
| wheel {n} (steering wheel and its implied control of a vehicle) SEE: steering wheel | :: |
| wheelbarrow {n} (small cart) | :: מריצה |
| wheelchair {n} (chair) | :: כסא גלגלים / כיסא גלגלים {m} /kisé galgalím/ |
| Wheel of Fortune {prop} (television game show) | :: גלגל המזל /galgal hamazal/ |
| whelp {v} ((animals) to give birth) | :: להמליט /lehamlit/ |
| when {adv} (at what time, as a direct question) | :: מתי /matay/, באיזו שעה /b'éizo sha'á/ |
| when {conj} (as soon as, at the time that) | :: כש- /kshe-/ |
| when {conj} (during the time that) | :: כאשר /ka'asher/ |
| when {conj} (at what time; at which time) | :: מתי /matay/ |
| when {pron} (what time; which time) | :: מתי /matái/ |
| whence {adv} (from where; from which place or source) | :: מאין /meáin/, מנין /minnáin/ |
| whenever {conj} (when) SEE: when | :: |
| when in Rome {proverb} (adjust to local customs) SEE: when in Rome, do as the Romans do | :: |
| when in Rome, do as the Romans do {proverb} (behave as those around do) | :: ברומא התנהג כרומאי /b'róma hitnahég k'rómaí/ |
| when pigs fly {adv} (never, expressed by an idiom) | :: כשחזירים יעופו /k'shekhazirím ya'úfu/ (when pigs fly) |
| where {conj} (at or in which place) | :: איפה /eyfó/, היכן /heykhan/ |
| where {conj} (to which place or situation) | :: לאן /l’án/ |
| where {adv} (at what place; to what place; from what place) | :: מאין /mei-ayin/ |
| where {adv} (at or in what place) | :: איפה |
| where {pron} (the place in which) | :: איפה /eifo/ |
| where are we {phrase} (where are we) | :: איפה אנחנו? /eyfo anakhnu?/ |
| where are you {phrase} (where are you?) | :: איפה את? /eyfo at?/ |
| where are you from {phrase} (in which country or region were you born or raised) | :: מאיפה אתה? /me-eyfo ata?/, מאיפה את? /me-eyfo at?/ |
| where does this bus go {phrase} (where does this bus go) | :: לאן מגיע האוטובוס הזה /Le'án magía ha'ótobus hazé/ |
| where do you live {phrase} (where do you live?) | :: איפה אתה גר? /eyfó atá gar?/ , איפה את גרה? /eyfó at gára?/ |
| wherefore {conj} (because of which) | :: למה /lama/, מדוע /madua/ |
| where is the toilet {phrase} (where is the toilet?) | :: איפה השירותים? /éfo ha'sherutím?/ |
| where there is a will there is a way {proverb} (if someone wants or wills something strongly enough, a way can be found) | :: אין דבר העומד בפני הרצון /’ein davar ha‘oméd bifnei haratzon/, אם תרצו אין זו אגדה /’im tirtzu ’ein zo ’aggadah/ |
| where there's smoke, there's fire {proverb} (if there is telltale evidence of some event, the event is probably occurring) | :: אין עשן בלי אש |
| where you at {phrase} (where are you) SEE: where are you | :: |
| whether {conj} (introducing indirect questions) | :: האם /ha`ím/, אם /ím/ |
| whether {conj} (if, whether or not) | :: באם /be`ím/, אם /ím/ |
| which {determiner} ((interrogative) what, of those mentioned or implied) | :: איזה /éize/ |
| while {conj} (until) SEE: until | :: |
| whilst {conj} | :: בזמן ש |
| whimper {n} (a low intermittent sob) | :: יבבה {f} /yvavá/ |
| whimper {v} (to cry or sob softly and intermittently) | :: יבב /yibbév/ |
| whimsical {adj} (Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing) | :: שובבני /Shovevani/ |
| whip {n} (rod or rope) | :: שוט {m} /shot/ |
| whip {n} (whipped cream) SEE: whipped cream | :: |
| whipped cream {n} (thick cream that has had air incorporated into it by rapid beating) | :: קצפת {f} /qatzéfet/ |
| whirlpool {n} (swirling body of water) | :: מערבלת {f} /ma'arbólet/ |
| whiskey {n} (alcoholic drink) | :: וויסקי {m} /víski/ |
| whisky {n} (whiskey) SEE: whiskey | :: |
| whisper {n} (act of speaking in a quiet voice) | :: לחש |
| whisper {v} (to talk in a quiet voice) | :: לחש /lakhásh/ |
| whistle {n} (act of whistling) | :: שריקה {f} /sh'riká/ |
| whistle {v} (to produce a whistling sound) | :: שרק /sharák/ |
| whistle {n} (slang: a suit) SEE: suit | :: |
| white {n} (color/colour) | :: לבן /laván/ |
| white {n} (white wine) SEE: white wine | :: |
| white {adj} (bright and colourless) | :: לבן /laván/ |
| white ant {n} (white ant) SEE: termite | :: |
| white as snow {adj} (very white) | :: צח כשלג /tzách kashéleg/ |
| white bear {n} (polar bear) SEE: polar bear | :: |
| white blood cell {n} (cytology: a type of blood cell that is involved with an immune response) | :: תא דם לבן, לויקוציט |
| white dwarf {n} (white dwarf star) | :: ננס לבן {m} /nanás laván/ |
| white elephant {n} (mammal) | :: פיל לבן /pil lavan/ |
| White House {prop} (the official residence of the President of the United States of America) | :: הבית הלבן {m} /hebayit helavan/ |
| white man {n} (Caucasian) SEE: Caucasian | :: |
| white noise {n} (random signal with flat power spectral density) | :: רעש לבן {m} /rá'ash laván/ |
| white owl {n} (Tyto alba) SEE: western barn owl | :: |
| White Russian {n} (Belarusian language) SEE: Belarusian | :: |
| White Russian {n} (a cocktail) | :: רוסי לבן {m} |
| white sauce {n} (mayonnaise) SEE: mayonnaise | :: |
| White Sea {prop} (a sea to the northwest of Russia) | :: הים הלבן {m} /ha-yam ha-laván/ |
| white slavery {n} (white slavery) | :: סחר בנשים וילדים, עבדות לבנה |
| whitewash {n} (lime and water mixture) | :: סיד {m} /sid/ |
| whitewash {v} (paint) | :: סיד /siyyéd/ |
| whitewash {v} (cover errors) | :: טיח /tiyyé'aẖ/ |
| white wine {n} (light coloured wine) | :: יין לבן {m} /yáyin laván/ |
| whither {adv} (to which place) | :: לאן /leán/ |
| whitish {adj} (somewhat white) | :: לבנבן |
| whiz {n} (urination) SEE: urination | :: |
| whiz {v} (urinate) SEE: urinate | :: |
| who {pron} (who? (interrogative pronoun)) | :: מי /mi/ |
| who {pron} (who (relative pronoun)) | :: אשר /'ashér/ |
| who are you {phrase} (who are you?) | :: מי אתה? /mi 'atá?/, מי את? /mi 'at?/ |
| who cares {phrase} (reply to an unimportant statement) SEE: so what | :: |
| whole {adj} (entire) | :: שלם /shalém/, תם /tam/ |
| whole {adj} (food with no constituents removed) | :: מלא /malé/ |
| whole {adv} (colloquial: in entirety) | :: בשלמות /beshlemút/, כולה {f}, כולו {m} |
| whole {n} (something complete) | :: שלם /shalém/ |
| whole milk {n} (milk from which nothing has been removed) | :: חלב מלא {m} /khaláv malé/ |
| whole number {n} (integer) SEE: integer | :: |
| whole number {n} (natural number) SEE: natural number | :: |
| wholesome {adj} (sound and healthy) | :: בריא |
| wholly {adv} (to the fullest extent) SEE: completely | :: |
| whoopie cushion {n} | :: כרית נפיחה |
| whore {n} | :: זונה {f} /zoná/, שרמוטה {f} /sharmúta/ ; שרלילה {f} /sharlila/, שרמוטה {f} /sharmuta/ |
| whore {v} (to pimp) SEE: pimp | :: |
| whoremaster {n} (pimp) SEE: pimp | :: |
| whose {determiner} (of whom (interrogative)) | :: של מי /shel mi/ |
| why {adv} (for what reason) | :: למה, למה /láma/, מדוע /madúa’/ |
| why {adv} | :: למה /láma/, מדוע /madu‘a/ |
| why {n} (the reason) | :: למה /láma/, מדוע /madu‘a/ |
| why not {adv} (state one has no objection) | :: למה לא /láma ló/ |
| wicked {adj} (evil or mischevous) | :: רשע {m} /rashá'/ |
| wicked {n} (people who are wicked) | :: רשעים {m} /r'sha'ím/ |
| wickedness {n} (state of being wicked) | :: רשעות {f} |
| wicket {n} (small door or gate) | :: פשפש {m} |
| widdle {v} (urinate) SEE: urinate | :: |
| wide {adj} (having a large physical extent from side to side) | :: רחב /rakháv/ |
| wide area network {n} (network) | :: רשת תקשרת מרחבית |
| widow {n} (woman whose spouse has died) | :: אלמנה {f} /almaná/ |
| widow {v} (to make a widow or widower) | :: אלמן /ilmén/ |
| widower {n} (a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried) | :: אלמן {m} /almán/ |
| width {n} (measurement of something from side to side) | :: רוחב \ רחב {m} /rókhav/ |
| wife {n} (married woman) | :: אשה {f} /ishá/, בת זוג {f} /bat zúg/ |
| wifebeater {n} (singlet) SEE: singlet | :: |
| wife carrying {n} (Scandinavian sport) | :: נשיאת נשים |
| wig {n} (head of artificial hair) | :: פאה {f} /peá/, פאה נכרית {f} /peá nochrít/ |
| wiki {n} (collaborative website) | :: ויקי {m} https://dictious.com/en/ |
| Wikipedia {prop} (online encyclopedia) | :: ויקיפדיה /vikipedya/ |
| Wiktionarian {n} (A person who contributes to Wiktionary) | :: ויקימילונאי |
| Wiktionary {prop} (the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language) | :: ויקימלון {m} /vikimilón/ |
| wild {adj} (not domesticated or tamed) | :: בר {m} /bar/, פרא {m} /pére/ |
| wild {adj} (raucous, unruly, and savage) | :: פרא {m} /pére/ |
| wild animal {n} (animal living in a natural, undomesticated state) | :: חית בר {f} /khayyát bar/ |
| wild ass {n} (mammal) | :: ערוד {m} /ʻārôḏ/, פרא {m} /pereʼ/ |
| wild cat {n} (Lynx rufus) SEE: bobcat | :: |
| wildcat {n} (Felix rufus) SEE: bobcat | :: |
| wildebeest {n} (gnu) SEE: gnu | :: |
| wildfire {n} (Greek fire) SEE: Greek fire | :: |
| wild-goose chase {n} (fruitless, futile pursuit) | :: מרדף שווא |
| wild turkey {n} (Meleagris gallopavo) | :: תרנגול הודו /tarnegol hodu/ |
| will {v} (indicating future action) | :: עתיד {m} /'atíd/ |
| will {n} (act of choosing to do something; conscious intent or volition) | :: רצון {m} /r'tzon/, אבה /ava/ |
| will {n} (legal document) | :: צואה / צוואה {f} /tzavaá/ |
| Will {prop} (diminutive of William) | :: וויל |
| William {prop} (male given name) | :: וילהלם, וויליאם |
| will o' the wisp {n} (strange light) | :: אור מטעה {m} /or mat'é/ |
| willow {n} (tree) | :: ערבה {f} /ʿărāḇā́/, צפצפה {f} /ṣap̄ṣāp̄á/ |
| will you marry me {phrase} (marriage proposal) | :: התנשאי לי? /hatinas'í li/ , התנשא לי? /hatinasé li/ |
| win {v} (transitive: achieve victory in) | :: ניצח \ נצח /nitséakh/ |
| win {v} | :: ניצח |
| win {n} (individual victory) | :: נצחון {m} |
| Winchester {prop} (city in England) | :: וינצ׳סטר |
| wind {n} (movement of air) | :: רוח {m} {f} /rúakh/ |
| wind chimes {n} (chime made from suspended wooden, metal, etc. tubes, bells and rods that tinkle when moved by the wind) | :: פעמון רוח {m} /pa'amón rúakh/ |
| wind instrument {n} (type of musical instrument) | :: כלי נשיפה /kli neshifa/ |
| windlass {n} (winch) | :: כננת {f} /kanenet/ |
| windles {n} (windlass) SEE: windlass | :: |
| windmill {n} (machine) | :: טחנת רוח {f} |
| windmill {n} (structure) | :: טחנת רוח {f} /takhanat ruakh/ |
| window {n} (opening for light and air) | :: חלון {m} /khalón/ |
| window {n} (shop window) SEE: shop window | :: |
| windpipe {n} (anus) SEE: anus | :: |
| wind rose {n} (meteorological diagram) | :: שושנת הרוחות {f} /shoshanát haruḥót/ |
| Windsor bean {n} (fava bean) SEE: broad bean | :: |
| windward {adj} (towards the wind) | :: צד הגלי {m} /tsad hagli/ |
| windward {n} (towards the wind) | :: צד הגלי {m} /tsad hagli/ |
| windy {n} (fart) SEE: fart | :: |
| wine {n} (alcoholic beverage made from grapes) | :: יין \ יין {m} /yáyin/, חמר \ חמר {m} /khémer/ |
| wine glass {n} (glass vessel for drinking wine from) | :: גביע {m} /gavia'/ |
| winepress {n} (device for squeezing grapes) | :: גת {f} /gat/ |
| wing {n} (part of an animal) | :: כנף {f} /kanáf/, אברה {f} /evra/ |
| wing {v} (to fly) SEE: fly | :: |
| wing {v} (to throw) SEE: throw | :: |
| winkle {n} (gastropod) SEE: periwinkle | :: |
| winner {n} (one who has won or often wins) | :: מנצח {m} /m'natsé'akh/, מנצחת {f} /m'natsákhat/ |
| winner-take-all {adj} (pertaining to a contest in which only the winner is rewarded) | :: המנצח זוכה בכול, המנצח זוכה בכל הקופה |
| Winnie the Pooh {prop} (the fictional bear) | :: פו הדב {m}, פו הדוב {m} /pu ha'dov/ |
| Winnipeg {prop} | :: ויניפג /vinipeg/ |
| win over {v} (to persuade) SEE: persuade | :: |
| winter {n} (fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures) | :: חורף \ חרף {m} /khóref/ |
| wintergreen {n} (evergreen) SEE: evergreen | :: |
| wipe {v} (remove surface substance) | :: נגב /nigév/ |
| wire {n} (thin thread of metal) | :: חוט {m} /khut/ |
| wire {n} (informal: telegraph) SEE: telegraph | :: |
| wire {n} (informal: message transmitted by telegraph) SEE: telegram | :: |
| wireless {adj} (not having any wires) | :: אלחוטי {m} /alẖutí/ |
| wireless {adj} (of or relating to wireless telegraphy) | :: אלחוטי {m} /alẖutí/ |
| wireless {n} (radio) | :: אלחוט {m} /alẖút/ |
| wiretap {n} (covert connection) | :: מיקרופון {m} /mikrófon/ |
| Wisconsin {prop} (state of the United States of America) | :: ויסקונסין |
| wisdom {n} (element of personal character) | :: חוכמה \ חכמה {f} /hokhmá/ |
| wisdom {n} (discretionary use of knowledge for the greatest good) | :: חוכמה \ חכמה {f} /hokhmá/ |
| wisdom {n} (ability to apply relevant knowledge in an insightful way) | :: חוכמה \ חכמה {f} /hokhmá/ |
| wisdom {n} (ability to make a decision based on the combination of knowledge, experience, and intuitive understanding) | :: חוכמה \ חכמה {f} /hokhmá/ |
| wisdom {n} (ability to know and apply spiritual truths) | :: חוכמה \ חכמה {f} /hokhmá/ |
| wisdom tooth {n} (rearmost molar in humans) | :: שן בינה {f} /shen biná/ |
| wise {adj} (showing good judgement) | :: חכם /khakhám/ |
| wise guy {n} (one who is insolent or flippant) | :: חכמולוג |
| wish {n} (desire) | :: משאלה /mish'alá/ |
| wish {v} (to hope for an outcome) | :: בקש /biqqésh/ |
| wishable {adj} (desirable) SEE: desirable | :: |
| wishful thinking {n} (illusion that what one would like is true) | :: תקוות שווא |
| wistful {adj} (full of longing) | :: כמה /kaméha/ |
| wistful {adj} (sad and thoughtful) | :: עגום /agúm/, מלנכולי /melankóli/ |
| wit {n} (intelligence) SEE: intelligence | :: |
| witch {n} (person who uses magic) | :: מכשפה {f} |
| witch doctor {n} (person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic) | :: רופא אליל {m} /rofé elíl/ |
| with {prep} (against) | :: נגד /néged/ |
| with {prep} (in the company of) | :: עם /ím/ |
| with {prep} (in addition to) | :: עם /ím/ |
| with {prep} (in support of) | :: עם /ím/ |
| with {prep} (expressing manner) | :: ב- /be-/ |
| with a grain of salt {adv} (with common sense and skepticism) | :: עם קמצוץ מלח /'Im kamtsuts melah/, בערבון מוגבל, בהסתייגות מסוימת |
| with bated breath {prep} (holding one's breath) | :: בקוצר רוח |
| withdrawal {n} (receiving from someone's care what one has earlier entrusted to them) | :: משיכה {f} /meshikhá/ |
| without {prep} (not having) | :: בלי /bli/ |
| without a doubt {prep} (certainly) SEE: certainly | :: |
| without a doubt {prep} (probably) SEE: probably | :: |
| without loss of generality {prep} (without loss of generality) | :: בלי הגבלת הכלליות /blí hagbalát haklaliút/, בה"כ |
| withspeak {v} (contradict) SEE: contradict | :: |
| witness {n} (one who has a personal knowledge of something) | :: עד {m} /ed/ |
| witness {n} (someone called to give evidence in a court) | :: עד {m} /ed/ |
| wizard {n} (person skilled with magic) | :: קוסם {m} /kosém/, מכשף {m} /mekhashéf/, אשף {m} /asháf/ |
| wizard {n} (person skilled or unusually talented in a particular field) | :: אשף {m} /asháf/ |
| wizard {n} (computing: program or script used to simplify complex operations) | :: אשף {m} /asháf/ |
| woad {n} (Isatis tinctoria) | :: איסטיס /ʾīsāṭēs/ |
| wobbler {n} (tantrum) SEE: tantrum | :: |
| woe {n} (grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity) | :: אבוי /avoy/, צער {m} /tsa'ar/, יגון {m} /yagon/ |
| wok {n} (large round pan) | :: ווק {m} |
| wolf {n} (animal) | :: זאב {m} /z'év/ |
| wolf {v} (to devour) | :: זלל /zalal/ |
| wolf {n} (constellation) SEE: Lupus | :: |
| Wolfgang {prop} (male given name) | :: וולפגנג |
| wolfram {n} (tungsten) SEE: tungsten | :: |
| Wolverhampton {prop} (city) | :: וולברהמפטון |
| wolverine {n} (Gulo gulo) | :: גרגרן {m} /garg'rán/ |
| woman {n} (wife) SEE: wife | :: |
| woman {n} (adult female person) | :: אישה {f} /ishá/ |
| womb {n} (uterus) | :: רחם \ רחם {m} /rékhem, rákham/ |
| womb {n} (belly) SEE: belly | :: |
| wonder {n} (something that causes amazement or awe, a marvel) | :: פלא {m} /pele/ |
| wonder {v} (to ponder about something) | :: תהה /tahá/ |
| wonderous {adj} (wondrous) SEE: wondrous | :: |
| Wonder Woman {prop} (DC Comics character) | :: וונדר וומן {f} |
| Wonder Woman {n} (woman of extraordinary powers) SEE: superwoman | :: |
| wondrous {adj} (amazing, inspiring awe) | :: פלאי /pil'í/ |
| wood {n} (substance) | :: עץ /‘ets/, קרש /keresh/ |
| wood apple {n} (Limonia acidissima) | :: תפוח הפילים |
| woodcock {n} (wading bird in the genus Scolopax) | :: חרטומן {m} /khartóman/ |
| wood duck {n} (A colorful North American duck, Aix sponsa, that nests in hollow trees.) | :: ברווז עצים {m} /barvaz etsim/, ברווז קרולין {m} /barvaz karolin/ |
| woodie {n} (erection) SEE: erection | :: |
| woods {n} (forest) SEE: forest | :: |
| woodwind instrument {n} (musical instrument) | :: כלי נשיפה מעץ |
| woof {n} (set of yarns placed crosswise in a loom) | :: ערב {m} /'érev/ |
| woof {n} (sound of a dog) | :: האו /hau/, הב /hav/ |
| wool {n} (hair of sheep, etc.) | :: צמר {m} /tsémer/ |
| Worcestershire sauce {n} (English condiment) | :: רוטב ווסטרשייר |
| word {n} (unit of language) | :: מילה \ מלה {f} /milá/ |
| word {v} (to say or write using particular words) | :: ניסח /nisákh/ |
| word {n} (proverb) SEE: proverb | :: |
| word {n} (watchword) SEE: watchword | :: |
| wordbook {n} (dictionary) SEE: dictionary | :: |
| word for word {adv} (in exactly the same words) SEE: verbatim | :: |
| word-hoard {n} (vocabulary) SEE: vocabulary | :: |
| word processor {n} (software) | :: מעבד תמלילים {m} /meabed tamlilim/ |
| words {n} (lyrics) SEE: lyrics | :: |
| wordster {n} (one who uses words instead of actions) SEE: hypocrite | :: |
| word-stock {n} (vocabulary) SEE: vocabulary | :: |
| work {n} (labour, employment, occupation, job) | :: עבודה {f} /avodá/, מלאכה {f} /m'lakhá/, עמל {m} /amál/ |
| work {n} (place where one is employed) | :: עבודה {f} /avodá/ |
| work {n} (effort expended on a particular task) | :: עבודה {f} /avodá/ |
| work {n} (literary, artistic, or intellectual production) | :: עבודה {f} /avodá/, מלאכה {f} /melakhá/ |
| work {n} (measure of energy expended in moving an object) | :: עבודה {f} /avodá/ |
| work {n} (thermodynamics: energy in transit between one form or repository and another) | :: עבודה {f} /avodá/ |
| work {n} (fortification) | :: עבודה {f} /avodá/ |
| work {v} (to do a specific task) | :: עבד /avád/ |
| work {v} (effect by gradual degrees (transitive)) | :: עשה /'asáh/ |
| work {v} (set into action) | :: הפעיל /hif'íl/ |
| work {v} (cause to work) | :: העביד /he'evíd/ |
| work {v} (function correctly) | :: עבד /'avád/ |
| worker {n} (person who performs labor) | :: עובד {m} /oved/, עובדת {f} /ovedet/, פועל {m} /po'él/, פועלת {f} /pó'élet/ |
| workers of the world, unite {phrase} (workers of the world, unite) | :: פועלי כל העולם התאחדו /poaley kol ha-olam, hit'akhadu!/ |
| workmate {n} (coworker) SEE: coworker | :: |
| work of art {n} (something beautiful or exquisite) | :: מעשה ידי אמן /ma'asé yadéi omán/ |
| work out {v} (to habitually exercise rigorously) | :: התעמל /hit'amél/ |
| workout {n} (an exercise session; a period of physical exercise) | :: התעמלות {f} /hit'amlút/ |
| workshop {n} (small manufacturing room) | :: סדנה {f} /sadná/ |
| workstead {n} (laboratory) SEE: laboratory | :: |
| work up {v} (To develop) SEE: develop | :: |
| world {n} (human collective existence) | :: עולם {m} /olám/ |
| world {n} (the Earth) | :: עולם {m} /olám/ |
| world {n} (inhabited planet) | :: עולם {m} /olám/ |
| world {n} (individual or group perspective or social setting) | :: עולם {m} /olám/ |
| world cup {n} (event; competition) | :: מונדיאל {m} /mondiál/, גביע העולם {m} /gvía' ha'olám/ |
| World Exposition {n} (a regular international exposition) | :: תערוכה עולמית {f} /ta'arukhá olamít/ |
| world's oldest profession {n} (euphemism for prostitution) | :: המקצוע העתיק ביותר בעולם {m} /hamiktsóa haatík b'yotér ba'olám/ |
| World Trade Organization {prop} (World Trade Organization) | :: ארגון הסחר העולמי {m} /irgún ha-sákhar ha-olamí/ |
| world war {n} (a war involving the major nations of the world) | :: מלחמת העולם {f} |
| World War II {prop} (war from 1939 to 1945) | :: מלחמת העולם השנייה |
| World War Two {prop} (World War II) SEE: World War II | :: |
| worm {n} (animal) | :: תולעת {f} /toláat/ |
| worm {n} (contemptible being) | :: נבזה {m} /nivze/ |
| wormhole {n} (a shortcut between distant parts of space) | :: חור תולעת / חר תולעת {m} /khor toláat/ |
| Worms {prop} (a city in Germany) | :: וורמש |
| wormwood {n} (Artemisia absinthium) | :: ארטימיסיה {f} /artimisía/, לענה {f} /la'ana/ |
| worry {v} (be troubled) | :: דאג /da'ág/ |
| worry {v} (disturb the peace of mind of) | :: הדאיג /hid'íg/ |
| worry {n} (strong feeling of anxiety) | :: דאגה {f} /de'aga/ |
| worry {v} (strangle) SEE: strangle | :: |
| worship {n} (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) | :: סגידה {f} /sgidá/ |
| worship {n} (the religious ceremonies that express this devotion) | :: עבודת האל {f} /avodát haél/, עבודה {f} /avodá/ |
| worship {n} (the ardent love of a person) | :: הערצה {f} /haaratsá/ |
| worship {v} (to honor and adore, especially as a deity) | :: סגד /sagád/ |
| worship {v} (to participate in religious ceremonies) | :: עבד לאל /avád laél/, עבד ל־ /avád l-/ |
| worthless {adj} (not having worth and use, without value, inconsequential) | :: חסר ערך /ḥɑsɑr ereḥ/, חסר תועלת /ḥɑsɑr toʿelet/, עלוב /ʿɑluv/ |
| wound {n} (injury) | :: פגיעה {f} /p'gi'á/, פתל, עקל |
| wound {v} (hurt or injure) | :: פגע /pagá/ |
| wow {interj} (amazement) | :: ואו /waw/ |
| wrap {v} (to enclose completely in fabric, paper, etc) | :: כרך /karákh/, עטף /atáf/ |
| wrapping {n} (The material in which something is wrapped) | :: עטיפה {f} /'atifá/ |
| wrapping paper {n} (paper used for wrapping parcels or presents) | :: נייר עטיפה {m} /niyar ‘atifah/ |
| wreck {n} (collision) | :: גרוטאה {f} |
| wrench {n} (screw) SEE: screw | :: |
| wrestle {v} | :: אבק /âbak/ |
| wrestling {n} (sport) | :: היאבקות {f} /hiávkut/ |
| wretch {n} (exile) SEE: exile | :: |
| wring {v} (to squeeze or twist tightly so that liquid is forced out) | :: סחט /sakhát/ |
| wrist {n} (wrist) | :: פרק |
| wristwatch {n} (watch worn on the wrist) | :: שעון יד {m} /sh'on yad/ |
| write {v} (to form letters, etc.) | :: כתב /katáv/ |
| write {v} (to send a letter to) | :: כתב /katáv/ |
| write {v} (to be the author of) | :: כתב /katáv/ |
| write {v} (to be an author) | :: כתב /katáv/ |
| writer {n} (person who writes; an author) | :: כותב /kotév/, סופר {m} /sofér/, מחבר {m} /m'khabér/ |
| writing {n} (written letters or symbols) | :: כתיבה {f} /ktivá/ |
| writing {n} (process of representing a language) | :: כתיבה {f} /ktivá/ |
| Wroclaw {prop} (a city in southwestern Poland) | :: ורוצלב /vrotsláv/, ברסלאו |
| wrong {adj} (incorrect) | :: לא נכון {m} /lo nakhon/ |
| WSC {prop} (Mandarin) SEE: Mandarin | :: |
| WTF {phrase} (What the fuck) | :: מה לעזאזל? |
| Wyoming {prop} (US state) | :: ויומינג |
| WYSIWYG {n} (computer program that allows editing on screen what the printed version would be like) | :: מה שאתה רואה זה מה שאתה מקבל |