Sfinat 'avadim (ספינת עבדים) means slave ship in Hebrew.
It is a feminine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
סְפִינַת עֲבָדִים
sfinat 'avadim
noun · feminine
In English
slave ship
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives 2 meanings for Sfinat 'avadim.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1ימאותאוניית סוחר להובלת עבדים; ובמיוחד אוניות המפרשים שעסקו בסחר העבדים בין אפריקה לאמריקה במאות 19-18.
- 2בהשאלהכינוי לאונייה שאנשי צוותה חיים בתנאי מחסור ורעב או סובלים מיחס נוקשה ומתעמר מצד רב החובל והקצינים.
The word Sfinat 'avadim is a feminine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- סְפִינַת עֲבָדִים
- Written without vowel points
- ספינת עבדים
- Said
- sfinat 'avadim
- Plural
- סְפִינוֹת עֲבָדִים
- Inflections
- ר' סְפִינוֹת עֲבָדִים
- Gematria
- 726
This is how Sfinat 'avadim is said in other languages.
- English
- slave ship
- French
- navire négrier
- German
- Sklavenschiff
These words mean nearly the same as Sfinat 'avadim.
These words come before and after Sfinat 'avadim in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Sfinat 'avadim.
What does Sfinat 'avadim (ספינת עבדים) mean in Hebrew?
Sfinat 'avadim (ספינת עבדים) means slave ship. It is said sfinat 'avadim, with the stress on nat.
What is a synonym for Sfinat 'avadim (ספינת עבדים)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Sfinat 'avadim (ספינת עבדים) are אוניית עבדים.
Is Sfinat 'avadim (ספינת עבדים) masculine or feminine?
The word Sfinat 'avadim (ספינת עבדים) is a feminine noun, and its plural is סְפִינוֹת עֲבָדִים.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry ספינת עבדים of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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