Glif hakhartom (גליף החרטום) means figurehead in Hebrew.
It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
גְּלִיף הַחַרְטוֹם
glif hakhartom
noun · masculine
In English
figurehead
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Glif hakhartom.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1ימאותפסל עץ מגולף וצבוע בדמות אדם, יצור מיתולוגי או בעל חיים, שעיטר את קצה חרטומה של אוניית מפרשים במאות 16-19 וביטא בצורה סמלית את שמה או את התפקיד שמילאה.
The word Glif hakhartom is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- גְּלִיף הַחַרְטוֹם
- Written without vowel points
- גליף החרטום
- Said
- glif hakhartom
- Plural
- גְּלִיפֵי הַחַרְטוֹם
- Inflections
- ר' גְּלִיפֵי הַחַרְטוֹם
- Gematria
- 391
This is how Glif hakhartom is said in other languages.
- English
- figurehead
- French
- figure d'étrave
- German
- Galionsfigur, Galionsbild, Bugfigur
These words come before and after Glif hakhartom in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Glif hakhartom.
What does Glif hakhartom (גליף החרטום) mean in Hebrew?
Glif hakhartom (גליף החרטום) means figurehead. It is said glif hakhartom, with the stress on tom.
Is Glif hakhartom (גליף החרטום) masculine or feminine?
The word Glif hakhartom (גליף החרטום) is a masculine noun, and its plural is גְּלִיפֵי הַחַרְטוֹם.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry גליף החרטום of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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