Kochav shavit (כוכב שביט) means comet in Hebrew.
It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
כּוֹכָב שָׁבִיט
kochav shavit
noun · masculine
In English
comet
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Kochav shavit.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1גרם שמים קטן בעל שובל של קרח החג סביב השמש.
The word Kochav shavit is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- כּוֹכָב שָׁבִיט
- Written without vowel points
- כוכב שביט
- Said
- kochav shavit
- Root
- כ־כ־ב
- Gematria
- 369
This is how Kochav shavit is said in other languages.
- English
- comet
The word Kochav shavit comes from the root כ־כ־ב, like these words.
These words come before and after Kochav shavit in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Kochav shavit.
What does Kochav shavit (כוכב שביט) mean in Hebrew?
Kochav shavit (כוכב שביט) means comet. It is said kochav shavit, with the stress on chav.
Is Kochav shavit (כוכב שביט) masculine or feminine?
The word Kochav shavit (כוכב שביט) is a masculine noun.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry כוכב שביט of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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