Shalpukhit (שלפוחית) means bladder in Hebrew.
It can also mean vesicle, cyst, sac, saccule, and sacculus. It is a feminine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
bladder, vesicle, cyst, sac
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives 4 meanings for Shalpukhit.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1קרום נפוח דמוי שק בגופם של בעלי חיים.
- 2לשון חז"לרחם, האיבר בו גדל העובר.
- 3מיושןבלון נפוח.
- 4מקור המילה בתלמוד: ופירש"י "שלפוחית - קרום שהולד מונח בה ובלע"ז מרי"ץ". המילה הגיעה מהארמית: שִׁילְפּוּחָא. לדעת חוקרים אחדים (כדוגמת Jastrow), מקור המילה בשורש נ־פ־ח, והלמ"ד אינה מקורית.
The word Shalpukhit is a feminine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- שַׁלְפּוּחִית
- Written without vowel points
- שלפוחית
- Said
- shalpukhit
- Plural
- שַׁלְפּוּחִיּוֹת
- Inflections
- ר' שַׁלְפּוּחִיּוֹת
- Gematria
- 834
This is how Shalpukhit is said in other languages.
- English
- bladder, vesicle, cyst, sac, saccule, sacculus, uterus, womb
- Arabic
- رَحِم, ُفُقَّاعَة
- Russian
- везикул, матка
- French
- sachet, vésicule, vessie, utérus
- German
- Blase, Gebärmutter
These words mean nearly the same as Shalpukhit.
These words rhyme with Shalpukhit.
The word Shalpukhit is part of these phrases and sayings.
These words come before and after Shalpukhit in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Shalpukhit.
What does Shalpukhit (שלפוחית) mean in Hebrew?
Shalpukhit (שלפוחית) means bladder, vesicle, and cyst. It is said shalpukhit, with the stress on khit.
What is a synonym for Shalpukhit (שלפוחית)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Shalpukhit (שלפוחית) are בועה and בלון.
What rhymes with Shalpukhit (שלפוחית)?
Words that rhyme with Shalpukhit (שלפוחית) include יוונית, זווית, לטינית, שדרית, עברית, and תבנית.
Is Shalpukhit (שלפוחית) masculine or feminine?
The word Shalpukhit (שלפוחית) is a feminine noun, and its plural is שַׁלְפּוּחִיּוֹת.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry שלפוחית of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.