Metula (מְתֻלָּע) means wormy in Hebrew.
It is an adjective, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
מְתֻלָּע
metula
adjective
In English
wormy
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Metula.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1ספרותי מלא בתולעים.
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
- wormy
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 (מְתֻלָּע) mean in Hebrew?
Metula (מְתֻלָּע) means wormy. It is said metula, with the stress on la.
What rhymes with Metula (מְתֻלָּע)?
Words that rhyme with Metula (מְתֻלָּע) 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.
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