Kli sharet (כלי שרת) means tool in Hebrew.
It can also mean pawn. It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
כְּלִי שָׁרֵת
kli sharet
noun · masculine
In English
tool, pawn
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives 2 meanings for Kli sharet.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1הלכהכלי קודש שמשמש לעבודה בבית המקדש. עפ"ר נמשח בשמן המשחה.
וּכְכַלּוֹתָם הֵבִיאוּ לִפְנֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ וִיהוֹיָדָע אֶת־שְׁאָר הַכֶּסֶף וַיַּעֲשֵׂהוּ כֵלִים לְבֵית־יהוה כְּלֵי שָׁרֵת...
- 2בהשאלה, עממימי שמשתמשים בו ללא בחירתו לקידום מטרות
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Kli sharet is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- כְּלִי שָׁרֵת
- Written without vowel points
- כלי שרת
- Said
- kli sharet
- Root
- כ־ל־ה
- Plural
- כְּלֵי שָׁרֵת
- Inflections
- ר' כְּלֵי שָׁרֵת
- Gematria
- 960
This is how Kli sharet is said in other languages.
- English
- tool, pawn
The word Kli sharet comes from the root כ־ל־ה, like these words.
These words come before and after Kli sharet in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Kli sharet.
What does Kli sharet (כלי שרת) mean in Hebrew?
Kli sharet (כלי שרת) means tool and pawn. It is said kli sharet, with the stress on ret.
Is Kli sharet (כלי שרת) masculine or feminine?
The word Kli sharet (כלי שרת) is a masculine noun, and its plural is כְּלֵי שָׁרֵת.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry כלי שרת of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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