Bar mitsva (בר מצווה) means bar mitzvah in Hebrew.
It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
בַּר מִצְוָה
bar mitsva
noun · masculine
In English
bar mitzvah
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives 2 meanings for Bar mitsva.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1נער שהגיע לגיל שלוש־עשרה - גיל המצוות - ונחשב כבוגר.
- 2חגיגה מסורתית יהודית הנחגגת כאשר הנער מגיע לגיל שלוש־עשרה ונעשה חייב במצוות.
The word Bar mitsva is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- בַּר מִצְוָה
- Written without vowel points
- בר מצווה
- Said
- bar mitsva
- Plural
- בְּנֵי מִצְוָה
- Inflections
- ר' בְּנֵי מִצְוָה
- Gematria
- 349
This is how Bar mitsva is said in other languages.
- English
- bar mitzvah
- Arabic
- بار متسفا
- Russian
- бар мицва
- French
- Bar Mitsva
- German
- Bar Mizwa
This is where the word Bar mitsva comes from.
המילה בר בארמית בן במובנים רחבים של שיוך וכך גם בעברית (כלומר שייך אל המצוות).
These words come before and after Bar mitsva in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Bar mitsva.
What does Bar mitsva (בר מצווה) mean in Hebrew?
Bar mitsva (בר מצווה) means bar mitzvah. It is said bar mitsva, with the stress on va.
Is Bar mitsva (בר מצווה) masculine or feminine?
The word Bar mitsva (בר מצווה) is a masculine noun, and its plural is בְּנֵי מִצְוָה.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry בר מצוה of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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