Bar shayit (בר־שיט) means navigable in Hebrew.
It is an adjective, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
בַּר שַׁיִט
bar shayit
adjective
In English
navigable
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Bar shayit.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1מתאים מבחינה פיסית לתנועת כלי שיט דרכו; שכלי שיט יכולים להלך בו.
The word Bar shayit is an adjective.
- Written with vowel points
- בַּר שַׁיִט
- Written without vowel points
- בר־שיט
- Said
- bar shayit
- Root
- ש־ו־ט
- Plural
- בַּרֵי־שַׁיִט
- Feminine form
- בַּרַת־שַׁיִט
- Inflections
- ר' בַּרֵי־שַׁיִט; נ' בַּרַת־שַׁיִט, נ"ר בַּרוֹת שַׁיִט
- Gematria
- 521
This is how Bar shayit is said in other languages.
- English
- navigable
- French
- navigable
- German
- schiffbar
These words mean nearly the same as Bar shayit.
The word Bar shayit comes from the root ש־ו־ט, like these words.
These words come before and after Bar shayit in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Bar shayit.
What does Bar shayit (בר־שיט) mean in Hebrew?
Bar shayit (בר־שיט) means navigable. It is said bar shayit, with the stress on sha.
What is a synonym for Bar shayit (בר־שיט)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Bar shayit (בר־שיט) are עביר לכלי שיט.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry בר שיט of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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