Karai (קראי) means Karaite in Hebrew.
It is an adjective, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
קָרָאִי או קַרָאִי
karai
adjective
In English
Karaite
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Karai.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1יהודי שאינו מאמין באמיתותה של תורה שבעל פה ונוהג על פי פשט המקרא.
The word Karai is an adjective.
- Written with vowel points
- קָרָאִי או קַרָאִי
- Written without vowel points
- קראי
- Said
- karai
- Root
- ק־ר־א
- Pattern
- קַטָּל
- Plural
- קַרָאִים קָרָאִים
- Inflections
- ר' קַרָאִים קָרָאִים
- Gematria
- 311
This is how Karai is said in other languages.
- English
- Karaite
These words mean the opposite of Karai.
- רבני
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words rhyme with Karai.
The word Karai comes from the root ק־ר־א, like these words.
These words come before and after Karai in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Karai.
What does Karai (קראי) mean in Hebrew?
Karai (קראי) means Karaite. It is said karai, with the stress on i.
What is the opposite of Karai (קראי)?
Words that mean the opposite of Karai (קראי) are רבני.
What rhymes with Karai (קראי)?
Words that rhyme with Karai (קראי) include אי, אמצעי, בוכנאי, אמצעי, מעי, and מקצועי.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry קראי of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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