Ribea et hama'agal (ריבע את המעגל) means square the circle in Hebrew.
It is a word, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
רִבֵּעַ אֶת הַמַּעְגָּל
ribea et hama'agal
word
In English
square the circle
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives 2 meanings for Ribea et hama'agal.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1עשה את הבלתי אפשרי; נדרש למשימה שאין לה פתרון מעצם טבעה.
- 2בהשאלהיישב בין שתי דרישות שאינן מתיישבות זו עם זו; מצא פתרון המניח בעת ובעונה אחת את דעתם של צדדים שעמדותיהם סותרות.
The word Ribea et hama'agal is a word.
- Written with vowel points
- רִבֵּעַ אֶת הַמַּעְגָּל
- Written without vowel points
- ריבע את המעגל
- Said
- ribea et hama'agal
- Gematria
- 831
This is how Ribea et hama'agal is said in other languages.
- English
- square the circle
- French
- la quadrature du cercle
- German
- die Quadratur des Kreises
These words come before and after Ribea et hama'agal in the dictionary.
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What does Ribea et hama'agal (ריבע את המעגל) mean in Hebrew?
Ribea et hama'agal (ריבע את המעגל) means square the circle. It is said ribea et hama'agal, with the stress on be.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry רבע את המעגל of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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