Kaveret (כוורת) means hive in Hebrew.
It is a feminine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
כַּוֶּרֶת
kaveret
noun · feminine
In English
hive
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives 3 meanings for Kaveret.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1כלי קיבול: סל קלוע, חרס או עץ שמיועד להחזיק נחיל דבורים. כוורת מודרנית עשויה ארגז עץ רבוע.
- 2בהשאלהכלי או מתקן עשוי תאים תאים בדומה לחלת דבורים.
- 3בהשאלהמקום שיש בו פעילות רבה.
The word Kaveret is a feminine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- כַּוֶּרֶת
- Written without vowel points
- כוורת
- Said
- kaveret
- Root
- כ־ו־ר
- Pattern
- קַטֶּלֶת
- Plural
- כַּוָּרוֹת
- Inflections
- ר' כַּוָּרוֹת; כַּוֶּרֶת־, ר' כַּוְּרוֹת־
- Gematria
- 632
This is how Kaveret is said in other languages.
- English
- hive
- Arabic
- كوارة, منحل, خلية
- Russian
- улей
- French
- ruche
- Spanish
- colmena
- German
- Bienenstock
- Yiddish
- בינשטאָק
These words rhyme with Kaveret.
The word Kaveret comes from the root כ־ו־ר, like these words.
These words come before and after Kaveret in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Kaveret.
What does Kaveret (כוורת) mean in Hebrew?
Kaveret (כוורת) means hive. It is said kaveret, with the stress on ve.
What rhymes with Kaveret (כוורת)?
Words that rhyme with Kaveret (כוורת) include שרשרת, מסגרת, סיירת, משמרת, שפופרת, and עצרת.
Is Kaveret (כוורת) masculine or feminine?
The word Kaveret (כוורת) is a feminine noun, and its plural is כַּוָּרוֹת.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry כורת of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.