Bat mitsva (בַּת מִצְוָה) means Bat Mitzvah in Hebrew.
It is a phrase, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
בַּת מִצְוָה
bat mitsva
phrase
In English
Bat Mitzvah
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives 2 meanings for Bat mitsva.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1יהדותנערה מעת הגיעה לגיל 12.
- 2חגיגה מסורתית יהודית הנחגגת כאשר הנערה מגיע לגיל שתים־עשרה ונעשת חייבת במצוות.
The word Bat mitsva is a phrase.
- Written with vowel points
- בַּת מִצְוָה
- Written without vowel points
- בר מצווה
- Said
- bat mitsva
- Root
- צ־ו־ה
- Plural
- בְּנוֹת מִצְוָה
- Inflections
- ר' בְּנוֹת מִצְוָה
- Gematria
- 349
This is how Bat mitsva is said in other languages.
- English
- Bat Mitzvah
- French
- Bat Mitsva
- German
- Bat-Mitzvah
The word Bat mitsva comes from the root צ־ו־ה, like these words.
This is where the word Bat mitsva comes from.
לזכר נהוג בר מצוה (בארמית). הגזרון לנקבה "ברת מצווה" (בְּרַת או בָּרַת) שגוי.
These words come before and after Bat mitsva in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Bat mitsva.
What does Bat mitsva (בַּת מִצְוָה) mean in Hebrew?
Bat mitsva (בַּת מִצְוָה) means Bat Mitzvah. It is said bat mitsva, with the stress on va.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry בת 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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