Klal etsba (כלל אצבע) means rule of thumb in Hebrew.
It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
כְּלַל אֶצְבַּע
klal etsba
noun · masculine
In English
rule of thumb
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Klal etsba.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1כלל מנחה לא מדויק, להבדיל מכלל משפטי, כלל דקדוקי, כלל מתימטי וכו' שהם כללים מוגדרים ומדויקים.
The word Klal etsba is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- כְּלַל אֶצְבַּע
- Written without vowel points
- כלל אצבע
- Said
- klal etsba
- Plural
- כְּלָלֵי אֶצְבַּע
- Inflections
- ר' כְּלָלֵי אֶצְבַּע
- Gematria
- 243
This is how Klal etsba is said in other languages.
- English
- rule of thumb
- Arabic
- بِحُكْم التَّجْرِبة
- German
- faustregel
These words come before and after Klal etsba in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Klal etsba.
What does Klal etsba (כלל אצבע) mean in Hebrew?
Klal etsba (כלל אצבע) means rule of thumb. It is said klal etsba, with the stress on ets.
Is Klal etsba (כלל אצבע) masculine or feminine?
The word Klal etsba (כלל אצבע) is a masculine noun, and its plural is כְּלָלֵי אֶצְבַּע.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry כלל אצבע of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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