Meshi (משי) means silk in Hebrew.
It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
silk
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives 2 meanings for Meshi.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1מין בד יקר שמגעו רך ומראהו מבריק העשוי מסיבי פקעות.
וָאַלְבִּישֵׁךְ רִקְמָה וָאֶנְעֲלֵךְ תָּחַשׁ וָאֶחְבְּשֵׁךְ בַּשֵּׁשׁ וַאֲכַסֵּךְ מֶשִׁי.
- 2שם פרטי לנקבה.
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Meshi is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- מֶשִׁי
- Written without vowel points
- משי
- Said
- meshi
- Root
- מ־ש־ה
- Pattern
- קֶטִי
- Inflections
- מְשִׁי־
- Gematria
- 350
This is how Meshi is said in other languages.
- English
- silk
- Arabic
- حَرِير
- Russian
- шёлк
- French
- soie
These words mean nearly the same as Meshi.
- שירא
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
The word Meshi is part of these phrases and sayings.
- בכפפות של משי
- דרך המשי
- טוואי משי
- תולעת משי
- מגע משי
- אברך משי
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words come before and after Meshi in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Meshi.
What does Meshi (משי) mean in Hebrew?
Meshi (משי) means silk. It is said meshi, with the stress on me.
What is a synonym for Meshi (משי)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Meshi (משי) are שירא.
Is Meshi (משי) masculine or feminine?
The word Meshi (משי) is a masculine noun.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry משי of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.