Plishti (פלשתי) means Philistine in Hebrew.
It is an adjective, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
פְּלִשְׁתִּי
plishti
adjective
In English
Philistine
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Plishti.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1עם מקרב גויי הים שהתיישב במישור החוף הדרומי של ארץ ישראל עד שנת 604 לפנה"ס.
וְשַׁתִּי אֶת־גְּבֻלְךָ מִיַּם־סוּף וְעַד־יָם פְּלִשְׁתִּים, וּמִמִּדְבָּר עַד-הַנָּהָר; כִּי אֶתֵּן בְּיֶדְכֶם אֵת ישְׁבֵי הָאָרֶץ, וְגֵרַשְׁתָּמוֹ מִפָּנֶיךָ.
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Plishti is an adjective.
- Written with vowel points
- פְּלִשְׁתִּי
- Written without vowel points
- פלשתי
- Said
- plishti
- Root
- פ־ל־ש
- Plural
- פְּלִשְׁתִּים
- Feminine form
- פְּלִשְׁתִּית
- Inflections
- נ' פְּלִשְׁתִּית, ר' פְּלִשְׁתִּים, נ"ר פְּלִשְׁתִּיּוֹת
- Gematria
- 820
This is how Plishti is said in other languages.
- English
- Philistine
These words rhyme with Plishti.
The word Plishti comes from the root פ־ל־ש, like these words.
These words come before and after Plishti in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Plishti.
What does Plishti (פלשתי) mean in Hebrew?
Plishti (פלשתי) means Philistine. It is said plishti, with the stress on ti.
What rhymes with Plishti (פלשתי)?
Words that rhyme with Plishti (פלשתי) include דתי, מלאכותי, בלתי, ספרותי, שתי, and כרתי.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry פלשתי of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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