Metula (מתולע) means scarlet in Hebrew.
It is an adjective, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
מְתֻלָּע
metula
adjective
In English
scarlet
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives 2 meanings for Metula.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1ספרותי אדום, בצבע שָׁנִי.
- 2המילה מופיעה במקרא פעם אחת בלבד. היא נוצרה מהמילה תּוֹלָע, שפירושה שָׁנִי.
The word Metula is an adjective.
- Written with vowel points
- מְתֻלָּע
- Written without vowel points
- מתולע
- Said
- metula
- Root
- ת־ל־ע
- Pattern
- מְקֻטָּל
- Plural
- מְתֻלָּעִים
- Feminine form
- מְתֻלַּעַת
- Inflections
- ר' מְתֻלָּעִים; נ' מְתֻלַּעַת, נ"ר מְתֻלָּעוֹת
- Gematria
- 546
This is how Metula is said in other languages.
- English
- scarlet
These words mean nearly the same as Metula.
- אדום
- שני
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words rhyme with Metula.
The word Metula comes from the root ת־ל־ע, like these words.
These words come before and after Metula in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Metula.
What does Metula (מתולע) mean in Hebrew?
Metula (מתולע) means scarlet. It is said metula, with the stress on la.
What is a synonym for Metula (מתולע)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Metula (מתולע) are אדום and שני.
What rhymes with Metula (מתולע)?
Words that rhyme with Metula (מתולע) include מחלה, פעולה, מילה, מעלה, מילה, and תפילה.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry מתלע of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.