Po'al (פועל) means deed in Hebrew.
It can also mean verb. It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
פֹּעַל
po'al
noun · masculine
In English
deed, verb
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives 2 meanings for Po'al.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1מעשה
בָּרֵךְ יהוה חֵילוֹ, וּפֹעַל יָדָיו תִּרְצֶה; מְחַץ מָתְנַיִם קָמָיו, וּמְשַׂנְאָיו מִן־יְקוּמוּן.
- 2חלק הדיבר המביע מעשים או התרחשויות.
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Po'al is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- פֹּעַל
- Written without vowel points
- פועל
- Said
- po'al
- Root
- פ־ע־ל
- Pattern
- קֹטֶל
- Plural
- פְּעָלִים
- Inflections
- ר' פְּעָלִים, פָּעֳלֵי־
- Gematria
- 186
This is how Po'al is said in other languages.
- English
- deed, verb
- Arabic
- فِعْل
- Russian
- глагол
- French
- verbe
- Spanish
- verbo
- German
- Zeitwort, Verb
The word Po'al is part of these phrases and sayings.
- מן הכח אל הפועל
- פועל יוצא
- פועל מצב
- פועל עומד
- רב פעלים
- שם פועל
- תואר הפועל
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
The word Po'al comes from the root פ־ע־ל, like these words.
These words come before and after Po'al in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Po'al.
What does Po'al (פועל) mean in Hebrew?
Po'al (פועל) means deed and verb. It is said po'al, with the stress on po'.
Is Po'al (פועל) masculine or feminine?
The word Po'al (פועל) is a masculine noun, and its plural is פְּעָלִים.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry פעל of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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