Bet shechi (בית שחי) means armpit in Hebrew.
It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
בֵּית שֶׁחִי
bet shechi
noun · masculine
In English
armpit
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Bet shechi.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1אזור בגוף הממוקם מתחת לכתף ובין הזרוע לגו.
The word Bet shechi is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- בֵּית שֶׁחִי
- Written without vowel points
- בית שחי
- Said
- bet shechi
- Root
- ב־י־ת
- Plural
- בַּתֵּי־שֶׁחִי
- Inflections
- ר' בַּתֵּי־שֶׁחִי
- Gematria
- 730
This is how Bet shechi is said in other languages.
- English
- armpit
- Arabic
- إِبْط
- Russian
- подмышка
- French
- aisselle
- Spanish
- axila, sobaco
- German
- Achselhöhle
- Yiddish
- פּאַכווע
The word Bet shechi comes from the root ב־י־ת, like these words.
These words come before and after Bet shechi in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Bet shechi.
What does Bet shechi (בית שחי) mean in Hebrew?
Bet shechi (בית שחי) means armpit. It is said bet shechi, with the stress on she.
Is Bet shechi (בית שחי) masculine or feminine?
The word Bet shechi (בית שחי) is a masculine noun, and its plural is בַּתֵּי־שֶׁחִי.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry בית שחי of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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