Sfinat avir (ספינת אוויר) means airship in Hebrew.
It is a feminine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
סְפִינַת אֲוִיר
sfinat avir
noun · feminine
In English
airship
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Sfinat avir.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1כלי טיס ממונע קל מן האוויר בעל יכולת ניווט.
The word Sfinat avir is a feminine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- סְפִינַת אֲוִיר
- Written without vowel points
- ספינת אוויר
- Said
- sfinat avir
- Root
- ס־פ־נ
- Plural
- סְפִינוֹת אֲוִיר
- Inflections
- ר' סְפִינוֹת אֲוִיר
- Gematria
- 823
This is how Sfinat avir is said in other languages.
- English
- airship
- Russian
- Дирижабль
- French
- ballon dirigeable
- German
- Luftschiff
These words mean nearly the same as Sfinat avir.
The word Sfinat avir comes from the root ס־פ־נ, like these words.
These words come before and after Sfinat avir in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Sfinat avir.
What does Sfinat avir (ספינת אוויר) mean in Hebrew?
Sfinat avir (ספינת אוויר) means airship. It is said sfinat avir, with the stress on nat.
What is a synonym for Sfinat avir (ספינת אוויר)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Sfinat avir (ספינת אוויר) are צפלין.
Is Sfinat avir (ספינת אוויר) masculine or feminine?
The word Sfinat avir (ספינת אוויר) is a feminine noun, and its plural is סְפִינוֹת אֲוִיר.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry ספינת אויר of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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