Keves (כבש) means sheep in Hebrew.
It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
sheep
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Keves.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1סוג של יונק מעלה גרה השייך לתת־משפחת היעלים.
שֶׂה תָמִים זָכָר בֶּן-שָׁנָה יִהְיֶה לָכֶם מִן-הַכְּבָשִׂים וּמִן-הָעִזִּים תִּקָּחוּ.
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Keves is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- כֶּבֶשׂ
- Written without vowel points
- כבש
- Said
- keves
- Root
- כ־ב־ש
- Pattern
- קֶטֶל
- Plural
- כְּבָשִׂים
- Feminine form
- כִּבְשָׂה
- Inflections
- נ' כִּבְשָׂה, כִּבְשַׂת־; ר' כְּבָשִׂים, כִּבְשֵׂי־
- Gematria
- 322
This is how Keves is said in other languages.
- English
- sheep
- Arabic
- خروف
- Russian
- баран, овца
- French
- mouton
- Spanish
- oveja
- German
- Schaf
- Yiddish
- שאָף
These words mean nearly the same as Keves.
- איל
- יובל
- עתודbilly-goat
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words rhyme with Keves.
The word Keves is part of these phrases and sayings.
- וגר זאב עם כבש
- זאב בעור כבש
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
The word Keves comes from the root כ־ב־ש, like these words.
These words come before and after Keves in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Keves.
What does Keves (כבש) mean in Hebrew?
Keves (כבש) means sheep. It is said keves, with the stress on ke.
What is a synonym for Keves (כבש)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Keves (כבש) are איל, יובל, and עתוד.
What rhymes with Keves (כבש)?
Words that rhyme with Keves (כבש) include גבס and קבס.
Is Keves (כבש) masculine or feminine?
The word Keves (כבש) is a masculine noun, and its plural is כְּבָשִׂים.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry כבש of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.