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Hadas (הדס) means myrtle in Hebrew.

It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.

הֲדַס
hadas
noun · masculine
In English

myrtle

The stress falls on the part in bold.

The Hebrew dictionaryWords starting with ה

The dictionary gives 2 meanings for Hadas.

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

  1. 1
    לשון המקראסוג של שיח ירוק עד Myrtus ממשפחת ההדסיים. נפוץ בחורש הים־תיכוני וגם כשיח בגינות נוי. אחד מארבעת המינים.
    רָאִיתִי הַלַּיְלָה וְהִנֵּה אִישׁ רֹכֵב עַל סוּס אָדֹם וְהוּא עֹמֵד בֵּין הַהֲדַסִּים אֲשֶׁר בַּמְּצֻלָה וְאַחֲרָיו סוּסִים אֲדֻמִּים שְׂרֻקִּים וּלְבָנִים.
  2. 2
    שם פרטי לנקבה.
    וַיְהִי אֹמֵן אֶת הֲדַסָּה הִיא אֶסְתֵּר הִיא אֶסְתֵּר בַּת דֹּדוֹ כִּי אֵין לָהּ אָב וָאֵם וְהַנַּעֲרָה יְפַת תֹּאַר וְטוֹבַת מַרְאֶה וּבְמוֹת אָבִיהָ וְאִמָּהּ לְקָחָהּ מָרְדֳּכַי לוֹ לְבַת.

The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.

The word Hadas is a masculine noun.

Written with vowel points
הֲדַס
Written without vowel points
הדס
Said
hadas
Root
ה־ד־ס
Pattern
קְטָל
Plural
הֲדַסִּים
Inflections
ר' הֲדַסִּים
Gematria
69

This is how Hadas is said in other languages.

English
myrtle
Arabic
آس
Russian
мирт
French
myrte
Yiddish
מירט

These words rhyme with Hadas.

The word Hadas is part of these phrases and sayings.

  • הדס משולש
  • הדס שוטה

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These words come before and after Hadas in the dictionary.

These are the questions people ask about the word Hadas.

What does Hadas (⁨הדס⁩) mean in Hebrew?

Hadas (⁨הדס⁩) means myrtle. It is said hadas, with the stress on das.

What rhymes with Hadas (⁨הדס⁩)?

Words that rhyme with Hadas (⁨הדס⁩) include ⁨מפרש⁩, ⁨כלונס⁩, ⁨פס⁩, ⁨גס⁩, ⁨קירקס⁩, and ⁨מחוספס⁩.

Is Hadas (⁨הדס⁩) masculine or feminine?

The word Hadas (⁨הדס⁩) is a masculine noun, and its plural is ⁨הֲדַסִּים⁩.

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

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