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Mita (מיטה) means bed in Hebrew.

It is a feminine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.

מִטָּה
mita
noun · feminine
In English

bed

The stress falls on the part in bold.

The Hebrew dictionaryWords starting with מ

The dictionary gives one meaning for Mita.

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

  1. 1
    רהיט בעל ארבע רגליים הנועד לשכיבה למטרת שינה או מנוחה.
    וַיַּגֵּד לְיַעֲקֹב וַיֹּאמֶר, הִנֵּה בִּנְךָ יוֹסֵף בָּא אֵלֶיךָ; וַיִּתְחַזֵּק יִשְׂרָאֵל, וַיֵּשֶׁב עַל־הַמִּטָּה.

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

The word Mita is a feminine noun.

Written with vowel points
מִטָּה
Written without vowel points
מיטה
Said
mita
Root
נ־ט־ה
Pattern
מִקְטָלָה
Plural
מִטּוֹת
Inflections
ר' מִטּוֹת, מִטַּת־
Gematria
64

This is how Mita is said in other languages.

English
bed
Arabic
سرير, تخت
Russian
кровать,постель
French
lit
Spanish
cama
German
Bett
Yiddish
בעט

These words mean nearly the same as Mita.

These words rhyme with Mita.

The word Mita is part of these phrases and sayings.

A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.

The word Mita comes from the root נ־ט־ה, like these words.

This is where the word Mita comes from.

הרד"ק מסביר בספר שורשיו (שורש נטה) כך: "ומהענין הזה (שורש נטה) נקראת מטה "וַיִּתְחַזֵּק יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיֵּשֶׁב עַל הַמִּטָּה" (בראשית מ״ח:ב׳), "הַשֹּׁכְבִים עַל מִטּוֹת שֵׁן" (עמוס ו׳:ד׳). והראוי בהן מִנְטָה מִנְטוֹת. ונקראת כן לפי שהאדם שוכב עליה ופושט עצמו ונשען עליה".

These words come before and after Mita in the dictionary.

These are the questions people ask about the word Mita.

What does Mita (⁨מיטה⁩) mean in Hebrew?

Mita (⁨מיטה⁩) means bed. It is said mita, with the stress on ta.

What is a synonym for Mita (⁨מיטה⁩)?

Words that mean nearly the same as Mita (⁨מיטה⁩) are ⁨יצוע⁩, ⁨משכב⁩, and ⁨ערש⁩.

What rhymes with Mita (⁨מיטה⁩)?

Words that rhyme with Mita (⁨מיטה⁩) include ⁨תא⁩, ⁨שיטה⁩, ⁨בלוטה⁩, ⁨פליטה⁩, ⁨כיתה⁩, and ⁨חיטה⁩.

Is Mita (⁨מיטה⁩) masculine or feminine?

The word Mita (⁨מיטה⁩) is a feminine noun, and its plural is ⁨מִטּוֹת⁩.

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

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