Kotel (כותל) means wall in Hebrew.
It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
wall
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives 2 meanings for Kotel.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1קיר, מחיצה מפרידה, בדרך כלל מאבן; גם בהשאלה: דופן.
דּוֹמֶה דוֹדִי לִצְבִי אוֹ לְעֹפֶר הָאַיָּלִים הִנֵּה זֶה עוֹמֵד אַחַר כָּתְלֵנוּ מַשְׁגִּיחַ מִן הַחַלֹּנוֹת מֵצִיץ מִן הַחֲרַכִּים
- 2המילה מופיעה במקרא פעם אחת בלבד, בפסוק לעיל. בלשון חיתית כּוּת -kutt בהוראת קיר, לפיכך ניתן לגזור כות+אל= קיר-האל.ככל הנראה המילה שאולה כֻּתְלָא, kutlu.
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Kotel is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- כֹּתֶל
- Written without vowel points
- כותל
- Said
- kotel
- Pattern
- קֹטֶל
- Plural
- כְּתָלִים
- Inflections
- סמ' כֹּתֶל־, ר' כְּתָלִים,ר"ס כָּתְלֵי-
- Gematria
- 456
This is how Kotel is said in other languages.
- English
- wall
- Arabic
- حائط
- Russian
- стена
- French
- mur
- Spanish
- pared, muro
- German
- Wand
These words mean nearly the same as Kotel.
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
The word Kotel is part of these phrases and sayings.
- אוזניים לכותל
- הכותל המערבי
- הטיח ראשו בכותל
- הפך פניו לכותל
- הקיז דם לכותל
- השליך עליו כותל גדול
- כותל ברזל עומד בפניו
- כותל המזרח
- קותלי חזיר
- נפל כותלו של כרם חרב הכרם כולו
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words come before and after Kotel in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Kotel.
What does Kotel (כותל) mean in Hebrew?
Kotel (כותל) means wall. It is said kotel, with the stress on ko.
What is a synonym for Kotel (כותל)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Kotel (כותל) are קיר, חומה, and דיק.
Is Kotel (כותל) masculine or feminine?
The word Kotel (כותל) is a masculine noun, and its plural is כְּתָלִים.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry כתל of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.