Khavtan (חבתן) means cooper in Hebrew.
It can also mean barrel maker. It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
חַבְתָן
khavtan
noun · masculine
In English
cooper, barrel maker
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Khavtan.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1בעל־מלאכה המייצר ומתקן חביות־עץ.
The word Khavtan is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- חַבְתָן
- Written without vowel points
- חבתן
- Said
- khavtan
- Root
- ח־ב־ת
- Pattern
- קַטְלָן
- Plural
- חַבְתָנִים
- Inflections
- ר' חַבְתָנִים; חַבְתַן־, חַבְתָנֵי־
- Gematria
- 460
This is how Khavtan is said in other languages.
- English
- cooper, barrel maker
- Russian
- бо́ндарь
- French
- tonnelier
- German
- Küfer, Böttcher
These words rhyme with Khavtan.
The word Khavtan comes from the root ח־ב־ת, like these words.
These words come before and after Khavtan in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Khavtan.
What does Khavtan (חבתן) mean in Hebrew?
Khavtan (חבתן) means cooper and barrel maker. It is said khavtan, with the stress on tan.
What rhymes with Khavtan (חבתן)?
Words that rhyme with Khavtan (חבתן) include זמן, חמצן, מימן, לבן, עניין, and פחמן.
Is Khavtan (חבתן) masculine or feminine?
The word Khavtan (חבתן) is a masculine noun, and its plural is חַבְתָנִים.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry חבתן of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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