Bet tfila (בית תפילה) means house of worship in Hebrew.
It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
בֵּית תְּפִלָּה
bet tfila
noun · masculine
In English
house of worship
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Bet tfila.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1מבנה דתי שבו אדם מפנה בקשות לאלוהיו או מכיר תודה על דבר כלשהו.
וַהֲבִיאוֹתִים אֶל הַר קָדְשִׁי וְשִׂמַּחְתִּים בְּבֵית תְּפִלָּתִי עוֹלֹתֵיהֶם וְזִבְחֵיהֶם לְרָצוֹן עַל מִזְבְּחִי כִּי בֵיתִי בֵּית תְּפִלָּה יִקָּרֵא לְכָל הָעַמִּים.
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Bet tfila is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- בֵּית תְּפִלָּה
- Written without vowel points
- בית תפילה
- Said
- bet tfila
- Plural
- בָּתֵּי תְּפִלָּה
- Inflections
- ר' בָּתֵּי תְּפִלָּה
- Gematria
- 937
This is how Bet tfila is said in other languages.
- English
- house of worship
- Arabic
- دار العبادة, بيت الصلاة
These words come before and after Bet tfila in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Bet tfila.
What does Bet tfila (בית תפילה) mean in Hebrew?
Bet tfila (בית תפילה) means house of worship. It is said bet tfila, with the stress on bet.
Is Bet tfila (בית תפילה) masculine or feminine?
The word Bet tfila (בית תפילה) is a masculine noun, and its plural is בָּתֵּי תְּפִלָּה.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry בית תפלה of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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