Nakhash hanekhoshet (נחש הנחושת) means Nehushtan in Hebrew.
It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
נָחָשׁ הַנְּחֹשֶׁת
nakhash hanekhoshet
noun · masculine
In English
Nehushtan
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Nakhash hanekhoshet.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1צלם של נחש שהכין משה על פי הוראת ה'.
וַיַּעַשׂ מֹשֶׁה נְחַשׁ נְחֹשֶׁת, וַיְשִׂמֵהוּ עַל-הַנֵּס; וְהָיָה, אִם-נָשַׁךְ הַנָּחָשׁ אֶת-אִישׁ--וְהִבִּיט אֶל-נְחַשׁ הַנְּחֹשֶׁת, וָחָי.
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Nakhash hanekhoshet is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- נָחָשׁ הַנְּחֹשֶׁת
- Written without vowel points
- נחש הנחושת
- Said
- nakhash hanekhoshet
- Root
- נ־ח־ש
- Gematria
- 1,127
This is how Nakhash hanekhoshet is said in other languages.
- English
- Nehushtan
- German
- Eherne Schlange
These words mean nearly the same as Nakhash hanekhoshet.
The word Nakhash hanekhoshet comes from the root נ־ח־ש, like these words.
These words come before and after Nakhash hanekhoshet in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Nakhash hanekhoshet.
What does Nakhash hanekhoshet (נחש הנחושת) mean in Hebrew?
Nakhash hanekhoshet (נחש הנחושת) means Nehushtan. It is said nakhash hanekhoshet, with the stress on khash.
What is a synonym for Nakhash hanekhoshet (נחש הנחושת)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Nakhash hanekhoshet (נחש הנחושת) are נחושתן.
Is Nakhash hanekhoshet (נחש הנחושת) masculine or feminine?
The word Nakhash hanekhoshet (נחש הנחושת) is a masculine noun.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry נחש הנחשת of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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