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Agil (עגיל) means earring in Hebrew.

It can also mean earings and catkin. It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.

עָגִיל
agil
noun · masculine
In English

earring, earings, catkin

The stress falls on the part in bold.

The Hebrew dictionaryWords starting with ע

The dictionary gives 4 meanings for Agil.

The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.

  1. 1
    תכשיט הנענד על האוזן, לרב מחוזק או תלוי בנקב בתנוך האוזן.
    ...אִישׁ אֲשֶׁר מָצָא כְלִי־זָהָב אֶצְעָדָה וְצָמִיד טַבַּעַת עָגִיל וְכוּמָז...
  2. 2
    בהשאלהתכשיט הנענד דרך חור בשכבת העור או השריר במקום כלשהו בגוף.
  3. 3
    בוטניקהשיבולת של פרחים חד מיניים.
  4. 4
    ימאות, בהשאלהעָגִיל הַמִפְרָשׂ: כל אחד משני החבלים הקצרים לקשירת הפינות העליונות של מפרש רוחבי אל הסקריה שלו.

The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.

The word Agil is a masculine noun.

Written with vowel points
עָגִיל
Written without vowel points
עגיל
Said
agil
Root
ע־ג־ל
Pattern
קָטִיל
Plural
עֲגִילִים
Inflections
ר' עֲגִילִים
Gematria
113

This is how Agil is said in other languages.

English
earring, earings, catkin
Yiddish
אויערינגל

These words rhyme with Agil.

The word Agil comes from the root ע־ג־ל, like these words.

These words come before and after Agil in the dictionary.

These are the questions people ask about the word Agil.

What does Agil (⁨עגיל⁩) mean in Hebrew?

Agil (⁨עגיל⁩) means earring, earings, and catkin. It is said agil, with the stress on gil.

What rhymes with Agil (⁨עגיל⁩)?

Words that rhyme with Agil (⁨עגיל⁩) include ⁨צליל⁩, ⁨גליל⁩, ⁨גיל⁩, ⁨רגיל⁩, ⁨חיל⁩, and ⁨אליל⁩.

Is Agil (⁨עגיל⁩) masculine or feminine?

The word Agil (⁨עגיל⁩) is a masculine noun, and its plural is ⁨עֲגִילִים⁩.

The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry עגיל of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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