Sha'aftan (שאפתן) means ambitious in Hebrew.
It is an adjective, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
שְׁאַפְתָּן
sha'aftan
adjective
In English
ambitious
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Sha'aftan.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1אדם השואף להגיע להישגים גדולים ומכובדים.
The word Sha'aftan is an adjective.
- Written with vowel points
- שְׁאַפְתָּן
- Written without vowel points
- שאפתן
- Said
- sha'aftan
- Root
- ש־א־פ
- Pattern
- קְטַלְתָּן
- Plural
- שְׁאַפְתָּנִים
- Feminine form
- שְׁאַפְתָּנִית
- Inflections
- נ' שְׁאַפְתָּנִית; ר' שְׁאַפְתָּנִים, נ"ר שְׁאַפְתָּנִיּוֹת
- Gematria
- 831
This is how Sha'aftan is said in other languages.
- English
- ambitious
- German
- Ambitioniert
These words mean nearly the same as Sha'aftan.
- אמביציוזי
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words rhyme with Sha'aftan.
These words come before and after Sha'aftan in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Sha'aftan.
What does Sha'aftan (שאפתן) mean in Hebrew?
Sha'aftan (שאפתן) means ambitious. It is said sha'aftan, with the stress on tan.
What is a synonym for Sha'aftan (שאפתן)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Sha'aftan (שאפתן) are אמביציוזי.
What rhymes with Sha'aftan (שאפתן)?
Words that rhyme with Sha'aftan (שאפתן) include זמן, חמצן, מימן, לבן, עניין, and פחמן.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry שאפתן of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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