Beten (בטן) means abdomen in Hebrew.
It can also mean tummy and belly. It is a feminine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
abdomen, tummy, belly
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives 2 meanings for Beten.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1החלק הקדמי בגוף בעלי החיים, מתחת לחזה, המכיל את הקרביים
וַיְהִי בְּעֵת לִדְתָּהּ וְהִנֵּה תְאוֹמִים בְּבִטְנָהּ.
- 2בהשאלהבעיקר בצירופים: מה שנמצא עמוק. מה שצורתו מקומרת.
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Beten is a feminine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- בֶּטֶן
- Written without vowel points
- בטן
- Said
- beten
- Root
- ב־ט־נ
- Pattern
- קֶטֶל
- Plural
- בטנים (לא בשימוש)
- Inflections
- ר' בטנים (לא בשימוש), בטן־, ר' בטני־
- Gematria
- 61
This is how Beten is said in other languages.
- English
- abdomen, tummy, belly
- Arabic
- بطن
- Russian
- живот
- French
- ventre
- Spanish
- barriga, vientre
- German
- Bauch
- Yiddish
- בויך
These words mean nearly the same as Beten.
- כרס
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words mean the opposite of Beten.
- גב
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words rhyme with Beten.
The word Beten is part of these phrases and sayings.
- בטן האדמה
- בטן האונייה
- יורד חדרי בטן
- פרי בטן
- פושע מבטן
- מבטן ומלידה
- בטן המפרש
- פרפרים בבטן
- תחושת בטן
- נפגע בבטן הרכה
- יש לו בטן מלאה על
- קרקור בטן
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
The word Beten comes from the root ב־ט־נ, like these words.
These words come before and after Beten in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Beten.
What does Beten (בטן) mean in Hebrew?
Beten (בטן) means abdomen, tummy, and belly. It is said beten, with the stress on be.
What is a synonym for Beten (בטן)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Beten (בטן) are כרס.
What is the opposite of Beten (בטן)?
Words that mean the opposite of Beten (בטן) are גב.
What rhymes with Beten (בטן)?
Words that rhyme with Beten (בטן) include שתן and פתן.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry בטן of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.