Swell

"Swell" in Hebrew

גִּבּוּעַ

gibúa'

(series of waves, lasting after the wind has ceased)

אבב

aváv

(intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)

בטבט

bitbét

(intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)

בצק

batsák

(intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)

התנפח

hitnapéakh

(intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)

צבה

tsavá

(intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)

תפח

tafákh

(intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.