Goy shel shabat (גוי של שבת) means shabbos goy in Hebrew.
It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
גּוֹי שֶׁל שַׁבָּת
goy shel shabat
noun · masculine
In English
shabbos goy
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Goy shel shabat.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1יהדותאדם לא־יהודי העושה עבור יהודים (בפרט יהודים דתיים) מלאכות האסורות עליהם בשבת, כגון הבערת אש או הפעלת חשמל לחימום ולתאורה וכיוצא באלה.
The word Goy shel shabat is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- גּוֹי שֶׁל שַׁבָּת
- Written without vowel points
- גוי של שבת
- Said
- goy shel shabat
- Plural
- גּוֹיִים שֶׁל שַׁבָּת
- Inflections
- ר' גּוֹיִים שֶׁל שַׁבָּת
- Gematria
- 1,051
This is how Goy shel shabat is said in other languages.
- English
- shabbos goy
- Russian
- шабесгой
- French
- shabbes goy
- Yiddish
- שבת גוי
These words come before and after Goy shel shabat in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Goy shel shabat.
What does Goy shel shabat (גוי של שבת) mean in Hebrew?
Goy shel shabat (גוי של שבת) means shabbos goy. It is said goy shel shabat, with the stress on bat.
Is Goy shel shabat (גוי של שבת) masculine or feminine?
The word Goy shel shabat (גוי של שבת) is a masculine noun, and its plural is גּוֹיִים שֶׁל שַׁבָּת.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry גוי של שבת of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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