Avara (עֲבָרָה) means ferry boat in Hebrew.
It is a feminine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
ferry boat
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Avara.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1לשון המקראמעבורת, כלי שיט להעברת נוסעים ומטענם מגדת נהר אחת לשנייה.
וְעָבְרָה הָעֲבָרָה לַעֲבִיר אֶת בֵּית הַמֶּלֶךְ וְלַעֲשׂוֹת הַטּוֹב בעינו [בְּעֵינָיו] וְשִׁמְעִי בֶן גֵּרָא נָפַל לִפְנֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ בְּעָבְרוֹ בַּיַּרְדֵּן.
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Avara is a feminine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- עֲבָרָה
- Written without vowel points
- עברה
- Said
- avara
- Root
- ע־ב־ר
- Pattern
- קְטָלָה
- Plural
- עֲבָרוֹת
- Inflections
- ר' עֲבָרוֹת; עֲבָרַת־, ר' עֲבָרוֹת־
- Gematria
- 277
This is how Avara is said in other languages.
- English
- ferry boat
- French
- bac, transbordeur
- German
- Fährboot, Verkehrsboot
These words mean nearly the same as Avara.
- מעבורת
- מעברה
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words rhyme with Avara.
The word Avara comes from the root ע־ב־ר, like these words.
These words come before and after Avara in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Avara.
What does Avara (עֲבָרָה) mean in Hebrew?
Avara (עֲבָרָה) means ferry boat. It is said avara, with the stress on ra.
What is a synonym for Avara (עֲבָרָה)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Avara (עֲבָרָה) are מעבורת and מעברה.
What rhymes with Avara (עֲבָרָה)?
Words that rhyme with Avara (עֲבָרָה) include צורה, תורה, מטרה, חברה, יצירה, and סירה.
Is Avara (עֲבָרָה) masculine or feminine?
The word Avara (עֲבָרָה) is a feminine noun, and its plural is עֲבָרוֹת.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry עברה of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.