Khets (חץ) means arrow in Hebrew.
It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
arrow
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives 4 meanings for Khets.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1מוט קל שבקצהו יש חוד, שנועד להיות נורה.
לָכֵן, כֹּה-אָמַר יְהוָה אֶל-מֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר – לֹא יָבֹא אֶל-הָעִיר הַזֹּאת, וְלֹא-יוֹרֶה שָׁם חֵץ; וְלֹא-יְקַדְּמֶנָּה מָגֵן, וְלֹא-יִשְׁפֹּךְ עָלֶיהָ סֹלְלָה.
- 2בהשאלהסמל המורכב מקו המורה על כיוון.
- 3שם פרטי לזכר.
- 4בעולם הקדום חצים סמלו ניצחון על אויב מר,מלכם של השבט המנצח היה מסמל זאת ביריית שלושה חיצים לכיוון שטחי אדמת המנוצחים.
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Khets is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- חֵץ
- Written without vowel points
- חץ
- Said
- khets
- Root
- ח־צ־צ
- Pattern
- קֵטֶל
- Plural
- חִצִּים
- Inflections
- ר' חִצִּים; חֵץ־, ר' חִצֵּי־
- Gematria
- 98
This is how Khets is said in other languages.
- English
- arrow
- Arabic
- سهم
- Russian
- стрела
- French
- flèche
- Spanish
- flecha
- German
- Pfeil
- Yiddish
- פֿייל
These words rhyme with Khets.
The word Khets is part of these phrases and sayings.
- חץ וקשת
- חץ שנון
- כחץ מקשת
- ראש חץ
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
The word Khets comes from the root ח־צ־צ, like these words.
This is where the word Khets comes from.
היקרויות ראשונות של המילה מופיעים ב"אגדת אקהת" הכנענית -בשפה אוגריתית.ציטוט: "bʾl ḥṣ ršp" ="בעל חץ אש" (רשף). השוו געז: ኀጺን חצין בהוראת כלי ברזל.
These words come before and after Khets in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Khets.
What does Khets (חץ) mean in Hebrew?
Khets (חץ) means arrow. It is said khets, with the stress on khets.
What rhymes with Khets (חץ)?
Words that rhyme with Khets (חץ) include עץ, נץ, לץ, קובץ, and מגהץ.
Is Khets (חץ) masculine or feminine?
The word Khets (חץ) is a masculine noun, and its plural is חִצִּים.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry חץ of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.