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Etev (אטב) means clip in Hebrew.

It can also mean cloth peg. It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.

אֶטֶב
etev
noun · masculine
In English

clip, cloth peg

The stress falls on the part in bold.

The Hebrew dictionaryWords starting with א

The dictionary gives one meaning for Etev.

The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.

  1. 1
    לשון חז"לתפס שמשמש להצמיד ולהחזיק דברים יחד.

The word Etev is a masculine noun.

Written with vowel points
אֶטֶב
Written without vowel points
אטב
Said
etev
Root
י־ט־ב
Pattern
אֶקְטָל
Plural
אֲטָבִים
Inflections
ר' אֲטָבִים
Gematria
12

This is how Etev is said in other languages.

English
clip, cloth peg

These words rhyme with Etev.

The word Etev comes from the root י־ט־ב, like these words.

These words come before and after Etev in the dictionary.

These are the questions people ask about the word Etev.

What does Etev (⁨אטב⁩) mean in Hebrew?

Etev (⁨אטב⁩) means clip and cloth peg. It is said etev, with the stress on e.

What rhymes with Etev (⁨אטב⁩)?

Words that rhyme with Etev (⁨אטב⁩) include ⁨קטב⁩.

Is Etev (⁨אטב⁩) masculine or feminine?

The word Etev (⁨אטב⁩) is a masculine noun, and its plural is ⁨אֲטָבִים⁩.

The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry אטב of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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