Khevel pishtan (חבל פשתן) means flax in Hebrew.
It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
חֶבֶל פִּשְׁתָּן
khevel pishtan
noun · masculine
In English
flax
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Khevel pishtan.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1חבל העשוי מסיבי צמח הפשתן.
The word Khevel pishtan is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- חֶבֶל פִּשְׁתָּן
- Written without vowel points
- חבל פשתן
- Said
- khevel pishtan
- Plural
- חַבְלֵי פִּשְׁתָּן
- Inflections
- ר' חַבְלֵי פִּשְׁתָּן
- Gematria
- 870
This is how Khevel pishtan is said in other languages.
- English
- flax
- French
- lin
- German
- Flachs
These words come before and after Khevel pishtan in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Khevel pishtan.
What does Khevel pishtan (חבל פשתן) mean in Hebrew?
Khevel pishtan (חבל פשתן) means flax. It is said khevel pishtan, with the stress on khe.
Is Khevel pishtan (חבל פשתן) masculine or feminine?
The word Khevel pishtan (חבל פשתן) is a masculine noun, and its plural is חַבְלֵי פִּשְׁתָּן.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry חבל פשתן of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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