Sapir (ספיר) means sapphire in Hebrew.
It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
סַפִּיר
sapir
noun · masculine
In English
sapphire
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives 2 meanings for Sapir.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1אבן חן שצבעה כחול כהה, אחד ממיני הקורונדום.
וַיִּרְאוּ אֵת אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל; וְתַחַת רַגְלָיו, כְּמַעֲשֵׂה לִבְנַת הַסַּפִּיר, וּכְעֶצֶם הַשָּׁמַיִם, לָטֹהַר.
- 2שם פרטי לנקבה.
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Sapir is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- סַפִּיר
- Written without vowel points
- ספיר
- Said
- sapir
- Root
- ס־פ־ר
- Pattern
- קַטִּיל
- Plural
- סַפִּירִים
- Inflections
- ר' סַפִּירִים
- Gematria
- 350
This is how Sapir is said in other languages.
- English
- sapphire
- Arabic
- يَاقُوت
- Russian
- сапфи́р
- French
- saphir
- Spanish
- zafiro
- German
- Saphir
These words rhyme with Sapir.
The word Sapir comes from the root ס־פ־ר, like these words.
These words come before and after Sapir in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Sapir.
What does Sapir (ספיר) mean in Hebrew?
Sapir (ספיר) means sapphire. It is said sapir, with the stress on pir.
What rhymes with Sapir (ספיר)?
Words that rhyme with Sapir (ספיר) include מכשיר, עיר, אוויר, ציר, שיר, and צעיר.
Is Sapir (ספיר) masculine or feminine?
The word Sapir (ספיר) is a masculine noun, and its plural is סַפִּירִים.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry ספיר of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.