Shastom hatsafa (שסתום הצפה) means scuttling valve in Hebrew.
It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
שַׁסְתּוֹם הֲצָפָה
shastom hatsafa
noun · masculine
In English
scuttling valve
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Shastom hatsafa.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1ימאותשסתום גדול־מידות בתחתית אונייה המשמש להצפתה במי־ים ולהטבעתה בכוונה תחילה, בדרך כלל כדי למנוע את נפילתה לידי האויב.
The word Shastom hatsafa is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- שַׁסְתּוֹם הֲצָפָה
- Written without vowel points
- שסתום הצפה
- Said
- shastom hatsafa
- Plural
- שַׁסְתוֹמֵי הֲצָפָה
- Inflections
- ר' שַׁסְתוֹמֵי הֲצָפָה
- Gematria
- 986
This is how Shastom hatsafa is said in other languages.
- English
- scuttling valve
These words come before and after Shastom hatsafa in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Shastom hatsafa.
What does Shastom hatsafa (שסתום הצפה) mean in Hebrew?
Shastom hatsafa (שסתום הצפה) means scuttling valve. It is said shastom hatsafa, with the stress on tom.
Is Shastom hatsafa (שסתום הצפה) masculine or feminine?
The word Shastom hatsafa (שסתום הצפה) is a masculine noun, and its plural is שַׁסְתוֹמֵי הֲצָפָה.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry שסתום הצפה of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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