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Sal (סל) means basket in Hebrew.

It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.

סַל
sal
noun · masculine
In English

basket

The stress falls on the part in bold.

The Hebrew dictionaryWords starting with ס

The dictionary gives 3 meanings for Sal.

The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.

  1. 1
    כלי קל ובעל ידית המשמש לנשיאת חפצים.
    וּבַסַּל הָעֶלְיוֹן מִכֹּל מַאֲכַל פַּרְעֹה מַעֲשֵׂה אֹפֶה וְהָעוֹף אֹכֵל אֹתָם מִן-הַסַּל מֵעַל רֹאשִׁי.
  2. 2
    מסחר, בהשאלהמבחר מוצרים שניתן לקחת מהם.
  3. 3
    ספורטחשוק התלוי על עמוד ולו רשת, אליו קולעים את הכדור בעת משחק.

The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.

The word Sal is a masculine noun.

Written with vowel points
סַל
Written without vowel points
סל
Said
sal
Root
ס־ל־ל
Plural
סַלִּים
Inflections
ר' סַלִּים
Gematria
90

This is how Sal is said in other languages.

English
basket
Arabic
سلّة
Russian
корзина
French
panier
Spanish
cesta
German
Korb

These words mean nearly the same as Sal.

A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.

These words rhyme with Sal.

The word Sal is part of these phrases and sayings.

  • כדורסל
  • סל הבריאות
  • סל נצרים
  • סל קניות
  • תעודת סל

A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.

The word Sal comes from the root ס־ל־ל, like these words.

These words come before and after Sal in the dictionary.

These are the questions people ask about the word Sal.

What does Sal (⁨סל⁩) mean in Hebrew?

Sal (⁨סל⁩) means basket. It is said sal, with the stress on sal.

What is a synonym for Sal (⁨סל⁩)?

Words that mean nearly the same as Sal (⁨סל⁩) are ⁨טנא⁩, ⁨כלוב⁩, ⁨קלת⁩, and ⁨קופה⁩.

What rhymes with Sal (⁨סל⁩)?

Words that rhyme with Sal (⁨סל⁩) include ⁨מאכל⁩, ⁨קל⁩, ⁨על⁩, ⁨חלל⁩, ⁨חשמל⁩, and ⁨פעל⁩.

Is Sal (⁨סל⁩) masculine or feminine?

The word Sal (⁨סל⁩) is a masculine noun, and its plural is ⁨סַלִּים⁩.

The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry סל of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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