Originally Answered: How do you say light in Hebrew?

Light (noun)

אוֹר (or) = light, daylight

אוֹרָה (orá) = light, happiness, rocket

אוֹר יוֹם (or yom) = daylight, light

מְנוֹרָה (menorá) = lamp, candlestick, light, torch, candelabra, chandelier, Hanukkah Menorah

נִיר (nir) = furrow, ploughed field, plowed, tilled soil, splendour, light

נֵר (ner) = candle, lamp, suppository, light

Light (Verb)

לְהַדלִיק (lehadlík) = to light, turn on, light up, switch on, kindle, ignite

לְהַאִיר (leha’ír) = to illuminate, light, shine, brighten, enlighten, lighten

לְהַצִית = (lehatsít) = to ignite, light, set fire to, kindle, fire

לִנְהוֹר (linhór) = to shine, stream, swarm, flow, light

Light (adjective)

קַל (kal) = light as in easy, simple, facile, cushy, swift

בָּהִיר (bahír) = light as in bright, clear, fair, sunny, lucid

קַלִיל (kalil) = light as in jaunty, scanty, nimble

חֲסַר עֵרֶך (chasár érech) = light as in paltry, worthless, valueless, fiddling, junk

דַל (dal) = light as in poor, meager, miserable, meagre, penurious

מוּאָר (mu’ár) = light as in lit, lit up, or alight