Bat (בת) means girl in Hebrew.
It can also mean daughter. It is a feminine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
girl, daughter
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives 4 meanings for Bat.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1אדם ממין נקבה, עפ"ר בטרם הגיעה לבגרות.
וְאִם-לִבְנוֹ יִיעָדֶנָּה כְּמִשְׁפַּט הַבָּנוֹת יַעֲשֶׂה-לָּהּ.
- 2צאצא ממין נקבי.
וַיְהִי כִּי-הֵחֵל הָאָדָם לָרֹב עַל-פְּנֵי הָאֲדָמָה וּבָנוֹת יֻלְּדוּ לָהֶם.
- 3סמיכות בגיל־
וְאִם-נֶפֶשׁ אַחַת תֶּחֱטָא בִשְׁגָגָה וְהִקְרִיבָה עֵז בַּת-שְׁנָתָהּ לְחַטָּאת.
- 4סמיכות דבר הסמוך לאחר חלק ממרכיב גדול.
בֵּן פֹּרָת יוֹסֵף, בֵּן פֹּרָת עֲלֵי־עָיִן; בָּנוֹת צָעֲדָה עֲלֵי־שׁוּר.
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Bat is a feminine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- בַּת
- Written without vowel points
- בת
- Said
- bat
- Root
- ב־נ־ה
- Pattern
- קְטֶלֶת
- Plural
- בָּנוֹת
- Inflections
- ר' בָּנוֹת; בַּת־, ר' בְּנוֹת־
- Gematria
- 402
This is how Bat is said in other languages.
- English
- girl, daughter
- Arabic
- بنت, ابنة
- French
- fille
- Yiddish
- מיידל, טאָכטער
These words mean the opposite of Bat.
- אם
- בן
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words rhyme with Bat.
The word Bat is part of these phrases and sayings.
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
The word Bat comes from the root ב־נ־ה, like these words.
These words come before and after Bat in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Bat.
What does Bat (בת) mean in Hebrew?
Bat (בת) means girl and daughter. It is said bat, with the stress on bat.
What is the opposite of Bat (בת)?
Words that mean the opposite of Bat (בת) are אם and בן.
What rhymes with Bat (בת)?
Words that rhyme with Bat (בת) include משפט, שבת, דת, מעט, צרפת, and זולת.
Is Bat (בת) masculine or feminine?
The word Bat (בת) is a feminine noun, and its plural is בָּנוֹת.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry בת of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.