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Kli (כלי) means tool in Hebrew.

It can also mean instrument, vessel, and utility. It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.

כְּלִי
kli
noun · masculine
In English

tool, instrument, vessel, utility

The stress falls on the part in bold.

The Hebrew dictionaryWords starting with כ

The dictionary gives 5 meanings for Kli.

The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.

  1. 1
    דבר המתוקן ומיועד לשם שימושיות מסוימת.
    וְעָשִׂיתָ סִּירֹתָיו לְדַשְּׁנוֹ וְיָעָיו וּמִזְרְקֹתָיו וּמִזְלְגֹתָיו וּמַחְתֹּתָיו לְכָל-כֵּלָיו תַּעֲשֶׂה נְחֹשֶׁת.
  2. 2
    מכל, דבר בעל נפח המיועד להכיל נוזלים או מוצקים.
    וַיְצַו יוֹסֵף וַיְמַלְאוּ אֶת-כְּלֵיהֶם בָּר וּלְהָשִׁיב כַּסְפֵּיהֶם אִישׁ אֶל-שַׂקּוֹ וְלָתֵת לָהֶם צֵדָה לַדָּרֶךְ וַיַּעַשׂ לָהֶם כֵּן.
  3. 3
    מחשביםתוכנת מחשב שמטרתה לעזור לבצע פעולה מסוימת.
  4. 4
    בגד, מלבוש.
    לֹא יִהְיֶה כְלִי גֶבֶר עַל אִשָּׁה וְלֹא יִלְבַּשׁ גֶּבֶר שִׂמְלַת אִשָּׁה כִּי תוֹעֲבַת יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ כָּל עֹשֵׂה אֵלֶּה.
  5. 5
    סלנגמוערך בכשרונו, דמות מפתח.

The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.

The word Kli is a masculine noun.

Written with vowel points
כְּלִי
Written without vowel points
כלי
Said
kli
Root
כ־ל־ה
Pattern
קְטִי
Plural
כֵּלִים
Inflections
כְּלִי־, הפסק כֶּלִי; ר' כֵּלִים, כְּלֵי־
Gematria
60

This is how Kli is said in other languages.

English
tool, instrument, vessel, utility
Arabic
أداة, آلة
Russian
орудие
French
outil
Spanish
herramienta
German
Gerät, Werkzeug
Yiddish
ווערקצייג, מכשיר

These words mean nearly the same as Kli.

These words rhyme with Kli.

The word Kli is part of these phrases and sayings.

A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.

The word Kli comes from the root כ־ל־ה, like these words.

This is where the word Kli comes from.

"כלי" - משום שמכיל את הגוף. מקבילה בארמית: ״כליא״.

These words come before and after Kli in the dictionary.

These are the questions people ask about the word Kli.

What does Kli (⁨כלי⁩) mean in Hebrew?

Kli (⁨כלי⁩) means tool, instrument, and vessel. It is said kli, with the stress on kli.

What is a synonym for Kli (⁨כלי⁩)?

Words that mean nearly the same as Kli (⁨כלי⁩) are ⁨מכשיר⁩, ⁨מכל⁩, ⁨מלך⁩, ⁨התקן⁩, ⁨תותח⁩, and ⁨גבר⁩.

What rhymes with Kli (⁨כלי⁩)?

Words that rhyme with Kli (⁨כלי⁩) include ⁨שלילי⁩, ⁨ישראלי⁩, ⁨רגלי⁩, ⁨בלי⁩, ⁨כללי⁩, and ⁨דלי⁩.

Is Kli (⁨כלי⁩) masculine or feminine?

The word Kli (⁨כלי⁩) is a masculine noun, and its plural is ⁨כֵּלִים⁩.

The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry כלי of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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