Kalbi (כלבי) means canine in Hebrew.
It is an adjective, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
כַּלְבִּי
kalbi
adjective
In English
canine
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Kalbi.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1בעל תכונות כשל כלב.
וְשֵׁם הָאִישׁ נָבָל [...] וְהָאִישׁ קָשֶׁה וְרַע מַעֲלָלִים וְהוּא כָלִבִּי.
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Kalbi is an adjective.
- Written with vowel points
- כַּלְבִּי
- Written without vowel points
- כלבי
- Said
- kalbi
- Root
- כ־ל־ב
- Plural
- כַּלְבִּיִּים
- Feminine form
- כַּלְבִּית
- Inflections
- נ' כַּלְבִּית, ר' כַּלְבִּיִּים, נ"ר כַּלְבִּיּוֹת
- Gematria
- 62
This is how Kalbi is said in other languages.
- English
- canine
The word Kalbi comes from the root כ־ל־ב, like these words.
These words come before and after Kalbi in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Kalbi.
What does Kalbi (כלבי) mean in Hebrew?
Kalbi (כלבי) means canine. It is said kalbi, with the stress on bi.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry כלבי of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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