Ot shimush (אות שימוש) means formative letter in Hebrew.
It is a phrase, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
אוֹת שִׁמּוּשׁ
ot shimush
phrase
In English
formative letter
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Ot shimush.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1אחת משבע אותיות בשפה העברית שמצטרפת אל מילה באופן חבור.
The word Ot shimush is a phrase.
- Written with vowel points
- אוֹת שִׁמּוּשׁ
- Written without vowel points
- אות שימוש
- Said
- ot shimush
- Root
- א־ו־ת
- Plural
- אוֹתִיּוֹת שִּׁמּוּשׁ
- Inflections
- ר' אוֹתִיּוֹת שִּׁמּוּשׁ
- Gematria
- 1,063
This is how Ot shimush is said in other languages.
- English
- formative letter
The word Ot shimush comes from the root א־ו־ת, like these words.
These words come before and after Ot shimush in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Ot shimush.
What does Ot shimush (אות שימוש) mean in Hebrew?
Ot shimush (אות שימוש) means formative letter. It is said ot shimush, with the stress on mush.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry אות שמוש of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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