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Kav (קו) means line in Hebrew.

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

קַו
kav
noun · masculine
In English

line

The stress falls on the part in bold.

The Hebrew dictionaryWords starting with ק

The dictionary gives 4 meanings for Kav.

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

  1. 1
    לשון המקראחוט מדידה.
    ...וְקָו שְׁלֹשִׁים בָּאַמָּה יָסֹב אֹתוֹ סָבִיב.
  2. 2
    גאומטריהגוף חד ממדי ורציף.
  3. 3
    בהשאלה, תחבורהמסלול נסיעה קבוע של כלי תחבורה (אוניית נוסעים, אוטובוס, רכבת, מוניות וכו').
  4. 4
    בהשאלהכבל תקשורת, כבל להולכת חשמל או צינור להולכת נוזל או גז, על פי רוב במערכות תשתית.

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

The word Kav is a masculine noun.

Written with vowel points
קַו
Written without vowel points
קו
Said
kav
Root
ק־ו־ה
Pattern
קָטֵל
Plural
קַוִּים
Inflections
ר' קַוִּים; קַו־, קַוֵּי־
Gematria
106

This is how Kav is said in other languages.

English
line
Arabic
خَطّ

These words rhyme with Kav.

The word Kav is part of these phrases and sayings.

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The word Kav comes from the root ק־ו־ה, like these words.

These words come before and after Kav in the dictionary.

These are the questions people ask about the word Kav.

What does Kav (⁨קו⁩) mean in Hebrew?

Kav (⁨קו⁩) means line. It is said kav, with the stress on kav.

What rhymes with Kav (⁨קו⁩)?

Words that rhyme with Kav (⁨קו⁩) include ⁨רב⁩, ⁨חלב⁩, ⁨מצב⁩, ⁨כוכב⁩, ⁨אב⁩, and ⁨מרחב⁩.

Is Kav (⁨קו⁩) masculine or feminine?

The word Kav (⁨קו⁩) is a masculine noun, and its plural is ⁨קַוִּים⁩.

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

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