Kluv hatsla'ot (כלוב הצלעות) means rib cage in Hebrew.
It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
כְּלוּב הַצְּלָעוֹת
kluv hatsla'ot
noun · masculine
In English
rib cage
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Kluv hatsla'ot.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1אנטומיהכְּלוּב הַצְּלָעוֹת הוּא מִבְנֶה גַּרְמִי מֻרְכָּב הַמֵּגֵן עַל הָאֵבָרִים הַחִיּוּנִיִּים שֶׁל בֵּית הֶחָזֶה, כּוֹלֵל הַלֵּב, הָרֵאוֹת, קְנֵה הַנְּשִׁימָה, הַוֶּשֶׁט וּכְלֵי דָּם גְּדוֹלִים. הוּא מֻרְכָּב מֵהַצְּלָעוֹת, עֶצֶם הֶחָזֶה וְחֻלְיוֹת הֶחָזֶה, הַמִּתְחַבְּרִים יַחַד לִיצִירַת חָלָל מֵגֵן הַמֵּקֵל עַל הַנְּשִׁימָה, זְרִימַת הַדָּם וְתִפְקוּדִים חִיּוּנִיִּים אֲחֵרִים.
The word Kluv hatsla'ot is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- כְּלוּב הַצְּלָעוֹת
- Written without vowel points
- כלוב הצלעות
- Said
- kluv hatsla'ot
- Root
- כ־ל־ב
- Inflections
- ר’ כְּלוּבֵי הַצְּלָעוֹת
- Gematria
- 659
This is how Kluv hatsla'ot is said in other languages.
- English
- rib cage
- French
- cage thoracique
- Spanish
- caja torácica
- German
- Brustkorb
The word Kluv hatsla'ot comes from the root כ־ל־ב, like these words.
These words come before and after Kluv hatsla'ot in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Kluv hatsla'ot.
What does Kluv hatsla'ot (כלוב הצלעות) mean in Hebrew?
Kluv hatsla'ot (כלוב הצלעות) means rib cage. It is said kluv hatsla'ot, with the stress on ot.
Is Kluv hatsla'ot (כלוב הצלעות) masculine or feminine?
The word Kluv hatsla'ot (כלוב הצלעות) is a masculine noun.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry כלוב הצלעות of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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