Dorban (דרבן) means spike in Hebrew.
It can also mean spur and porcupine. It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
spike, spur, porcupine
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives 4 meanings for Dorban.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1החוד בקצה מלמד הבקר.
וְהָיְתָה הַפְּצִירָה פִים לַמַּחֲרֵשֹׁת וְלָאֵתִים וְלִשְׁלֹשׁ קִלְּשׁוֹן וּלְהַקַּרְדֻּמִּים וּלְהַצִּיב הַדָּרְבָן.
- 2זיז או שן חדים.
דִּבְרֵי חֲכָמִים כַּדָּרְבֹנוֹת, וּכְמַשְׂמְרוֹת נְטוּעִים בַּעֲלֵי אֲסֻפּוֹת; נִתְּנוּ מֵרֹעֶה אֶחָד.
- 3פרט ממשפחה של מכרסמים, שגבו מכוסה קוצים קשים (הדרבנות שלעיל), אותם הוא זוקר בשעת סכנה.
- 4רפואהבליטה קטנה בעצם העקב, הנוצרת עקב עומס על כף הרגל או יציבה לא נכונה ומסבה כאבים עזים.
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Dorban is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- דָּרְבָּן
- Written without vowel points
- דרבן
- Said
- dorban
- Root
- ד־ר־ב־נ
- Plural
- דָּרְבָּנוֹת או דָּרְבָּנִים
- Inflections
- ר' דָּרְבָּנוֹת או דָּרְבָּנִים; דָּרְבַּן־
- Gematria
- 256
This is how Dorban is said in other languages.
- English
- spike, spur, porcupine
- Arabic
- مهماز, نَيْص
- Russian
- шпора, дикобраз
- French
- éperon, porc-épic
- Spanish
- espuela, puercoespín
- German
- Sporn, Stachelschwein, Urson
These words mean nearly the same as Dorban.
- מסמר
- שךstake
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words rhyme with Dorban.
The word Dorban is part of these phrases and sayings.
- מילים כדרבנות
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These words come before and after Dorban in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Dorban.
What does Dorban (דרבן) mean in Hebrew?
Dorban (דרבן) means spike, spur, and porcupine. It is said dorban, with the stress on ban.
What is a synonym for Dorban (דרבן)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Dorban (דרבן) are מסמר and שך.
What rhymes with Dorban (דרבן)?
Words that rhyme with Dorban (דרבן) include זמן, חמצן, מימן, לבן, עניין, and פחמן.
Is Dorban (דרבן) masculine or feminine?
The word Dorban (דרבן) is a masculine noun, and its plural is דָּרְבָּנוֹת או דָּרְבָּנִים.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry דרבן of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.