Met (מת) means dead in Hebrew.
It is an adjective, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
dead
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives 3 meanings for Met.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1חסר חיים. אדם או בעל חיים שפסקה חיותו לנצח.
אַל נָא תְהִי כַּמֵּת אֲשֶׁר בְּצֵאתוֹ מֵרֶחֶם אִמּוֹ וַיֵּאָכֵל חֲצִי בְשָׂרוֹ
- 2בהשאלהצמח שאיבד את הלחות שלו והתייבש ונבל.
- 3בהשאלהבצירופים שונים: דבר חסר תועלת. או שנעדר תכונה חיונית.
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Met is an adjective.
- Written with vowel points
- מֵת
- Written without vowel points
- מת
- Said
- met
- Root
- מ־ו־ת
- Pattern
- קָטֵל
- Plural
- מֵתִים
- Feminine form
- מֵתָה
- Inflections
- נ' מֵתָה; ר' מֵתִים, נ"ר מֵתוֹת; ר' מֵתֵי־
- Gematria
- 440
This is how Met is said in other languages.
- English
- dead
- Arabic
- ميت
- Russian
- мёртвый
- French
- mort
- Spanish
- muerto
- German
- tot
- Yiddish
- טויט
These words mean nearly the same as Met.
These words mean the opposite of Met.
- חי
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words rhyme with Met.
The word Met is part of these phrases and sayings.
- אות מתה
- זמן מת
- טוב כלב חי מן האריה המת
- לשון מתה
- מת מצוה
- סוס מת
- עני חשוב כמת
- שטח מת
- תחיית המתים
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
The word Met comes from the root מ־ו־ת, like these words.
These words come before and after Met in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Met.
What does Met (מת) mean in Hebrew?
Met (מת) means dead. It is said met, with the stress on met.
What is a synonym for Met (מת)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Met (מת) are נפטר and בר מינן.
What is the opposite of Met (מת)?
Words that mean the opposite of Met (מת) are חי.
What rhymes with Met (מת)?
Words that rhyme with Met (מת) include אמת, חטא, שופט, אלפבית, מגנט, and את.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry מת of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.