Sfinat hav'ara (ספינת הבערה) means fireship in Hebrew.
It can also mean fire ship. It is a feminine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
סְפִינַת הַבְעָרָה
sfinat hav'ara
noun · feminine
In English
fireship, fire ship
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Sfinat hav'ara.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1ימאותכלי שיט היסטורי להשמדת אוניות האויב על ידי העלאתן באש, בין במהלך קרב ובין כשהן עוגנות.
The word Sfinat hav'ara is a feminine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- סְפִינַת הַבְעָרָה
- Written without vowel points
- ספינת הבערה
- Said
- sfinat hav'ara
- Plural
- סְפִינוֹת הַבְעָרָה
- Inflections
- ר' סְפִינוֹת הַבְעָרָה
- Gematria
- 882
This is how Sfinat hav'ara is said in other languages.
- English
- fireship, fire ship
- French
- brûlot
- German
- Brander
These words come before and after Sfinat hav'ara in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Sfinat hav'ara.
What does Sfinat hav'ara (ספינת הבערה) mean in Hebrew?
Sfinat hav'ara (ספינת הבערה) means fireship and fire ship. It is said sfinat hav'ara, with the stress on nat.
Is Sfinat hav'ara (ספינת הבערה) masculine or feminine?
The word Sfinat hav'ara (ספינת הבערה) is a feminine noun, and its plural is סְפִינוֹת הַבְעָרָה.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry ספינת הבערה of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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