Sar tsava (שר צבא) means commander in chief in Hebrew.
It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
commander in chief
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Sar tsava.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1מי שעומד בראש הכוחות המזוינים; האדם הבכיר ביותר בצבא.
וְהָיָה כְּכַלּת הַשֹּׁטְרִים, לְדַבֵּר אֶל־הָעָם; וּפָקְדוּ שָׂרֵי צְבָאוֹת, בְּרֹאשׁ הָעָם.
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Sar tsava is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- שַׂר צָבָא
- Written without vowel points
- שר צבא
- Said
- sar tsava
- Plural
- שַׂרֵי צָבָא
- Feminine form
- שַׂרַת צָבָא
- Inflections
- נ' שַׂרַת צָבָא, ר' שַׂרֵי צָבָא
- Gematria
- 593
This is how Sar tsava is said in other languages.
- English
- commander in chief
These words mean nearly the same as Sar tsava.
- גנרלgeneral
- מצביא
- רמטכ"ל
- תרתןcommander in chief
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words come before and after Sar tsava in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Sar tsava.
What does Sar tsava (שר צבא) mean in Hebrew?
Sar tsava (שר צבא) means commander in chief. It is said sar tsava, with the stress on va.
What is a synonym for Sar tsava (שר צבא)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Sar tsava (שר צבא) are גנרל, מצביא, רמטכ"ל, and תרתן.
Is Sar tsava (שר צבא) masculine or feminine?
The word Sar tsava (שר צבא) is a masculine noun, and its plural is שַׂרֵי צָבָא.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry שר צבא of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.