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Maafe (מאפה) means pastry in Hebrew.

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

מַאֲפֶה
maafe
noun · masculine
In English

pastry, baked good

The stress falls on the part in bold.

The Hebrew dictionaryWords starting with מ

The dictionary gives one meaning for Maafe.

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

  1. 1
    דבר מאכל עשוי בצק שהתבשל בחום תנור.
    וְכִי תַקְרִב קָרְבַּן מִנְחָה מַאֲפֵה תַנּוּר סֹלֶת חַלּוֹת מַצֹּת בְּלוּלֹת בַּשֶּׁמֶן וּרְקִיקֵי מַצּוֹת מְשֻׁחִים בַּשָּׁמֶן.

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

The word Maafe is a masculine noun.

Written with vowel points
מַאֲפֶה
Written without vowel points
מאפה
Said
maafe
Root
א־פ־ה
Pattern
מַקְטֵל
Plural
מַאֲפִים
Inflections
ר' מַאֲפִים, מַאֲפֵי־; מַאֲפֵה־
Gematria
126

This is how Maafe is said in other languages.

English
pastry, baked good

These words rhyme with Maafe.

The word Maafe comes from the root א־פ־ה, like these words.

These words come before and after Maafe in the dictionary.

These are the questions people ask about the word Maafe.

What does Maafe (⁨מאפה⁩) mean in Hebrew?

Maafe (⁨מאפה⁩) means pastry and baked good. It is said maafe, with the stress on fe.

What rhymes with Maafe (⁨מאפה⁩)?

Words that rhyme with Maafe (⁨מאפה⁩) include ⁨יפה⁩, ⁨קפה⁩, ⁨רופא⁩, ⁨צופה⁩, ⁨אופה⁩, and ⁨ישפה⁩.

Is Maafe (⁨מאפה⁩) masculine or feminine?

The word Maafe (⁨מאפה⁩) is a masculine noun, and its plural is ⁨מַאֲפִים⁩.

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

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