Briah (בריח) means bolt in Hebrew.
It can also mean latch and bar. It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
bolt, latch, bar
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives 2 meanings for Briah.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1קורת עץ עבה או מוט ברזל המושחלים בין שתי טבעות לרוחבם של שער או דלת כבדה ומשמשים לנעילתם.
קוּמוּ עֲלוּ אֶל גּוֹי שְׁלֵיו יוֹשֵׁב לָבֶטַח נְאֻם יְהוָה לֹא דְלָתַיִם וְלֹא בְרִיחַ לוֹ בָּדָד יִשְׁכֹּנוּ
- 2קורת עץ המונחת על כמה קרשים ומחברת אותם יחד.
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Briah is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- בְּרִיחַ
- Written without vowel points
- בריח
- Said
- briah
- Root
- ב־ר־ח
- Pattern
- קְטִיל
- Plural
- בְּרִיחִים
- Inflections
- ר' בְּרִיחִים; בְּרִיחַ־, ר' בְּרִיחֵי־
- Gematria
- 220
This is how Briah is said in other languages.
- English
- bolt, latch, bar
- Russian
- задвижка, верея, засов
These words rhyme with Briah.
The word Briah is part of these phrases and sayings.
- מאחורי סורג ובריח
- נחש בריח
- על מסגר ובריח
- עצם הבריח
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
The word Briah comes from the root ב־ר־ח, like these words.
These words come before and after Briah in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Briah.
What does Briah (בריח) mean in Hebrew?
Briah (בריח) means bolt, latch, and bar. It is said briah, with the stress on ri.
What rhymes with Briah (בריח)?
Words that rhyme with Briah (בריח) include מציעה.
Is Briah (בריח) masculine or feminine?
The word Briah (בריח) is a masculine noun, and its plural is בְּרִיחִים.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry בריח of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.