'afats (עפץ) means Gall in Hebrew.
It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
Gall
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for 'afats.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1גידול חריג ברקמותיו של צמח, כתוצאה מגירוי של אורגניזם זר (כגון חרק, או בקטריה כלשהי).
The word 'afats is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- עָפָץ
- Written without vowel points
- עפץ
- Said
- 'afats
- Root
- ע־פ־צ
- Pattern
- קָטָל
- Plural
- עָפָצִים
- Inflections
- ר׳ עָפָצִים
- Gematria
- 240
This is how 'afats is said in other languages.
- English
- Gall
- Russian
- Галл
- French
- Galle
The word 'afats is part of these phrases and sayings.
- אלון העפצים
- נימית עפצים
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
The word 'afats comes from the root ע־פ־צ, like these words.
This is where the word 'afats comes from.
מארמית: אַפְצָא, עַפְצָא הוא נוזל הנוצר בעקבות תגובה של עצים במצבי עקה לעיתים נראה כבליטה דמוית אגוז ונקרא "אגוז מרה" ידוע בריח עז דמוי לענה. ממנו מפיקים דיו עבור סופר-סת"ם. ל
These words come before and after 'afats in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word 'afats.
What does 'afats (עפץ) mean in Hebrew?
'afats (עפץ) means Gall. It is said 'afats, with the stress on a.
Is 'afats (עפץ) masculine or feminine?
The word 'afats (עפץ) is a masculine noun, and its plural is עָפָצִים.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry עפץ of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.