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Shoter (שוטר) means constable in Hebrew.

It can also mean policeman, officer, and cop. It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.

שׁוֹטֵר
shoter
noun · masculine
In English

constable, policeman, officer, cop

The stress falls on the part in bold.

The Hebrew dictionaryWords starting with ש

The dictionary gives one meaning for Shoter.

The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.

  1. 1
    מי שנמנה על כוחות הבטחון, ועוסק בשמירה על הסדר הציבורי ואכיפת החוק.
    וַיְצַו פַּרְעֹה בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא אֶת הַנֹּגְשִׂים בָּעָם וְאֶת שֹׁטְרָיו לֵאמֹר.

The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.

The word Shoter is a masculine noun.

Written with vowel points
שׁוֹטֵר
Written without vowel points
שוטר
Said
shoter
Pattern
קוֹטֵל
Plural
שׁוֹטְרִים
Feminine form
שׁוֹטֶרֶת
Inflections
נ' שׁוֹטֶרֶת; ר' שׁוֹטְרִים, שׁוֹטְרֵי־; נ"ר שׁוֹטְרוֹת
Gematria
515

This is how Shoter is said in other languages.

English
constable, policeman, officer, cop
Arabic
شرطي
Russian
милиционер
French
policier
Spanish
policía
German
Polizist

These words rhyme with Shoter.

The word Shoter is part of these phrases and sayings.

  • שוטר גדודי
  • ש"ג
  • שוטר חרש
  • שוטר ימי
  • שוטר צבאי
  • שוטרים וגנבים

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These words come before and after Shoter in the dictionary.

These are the questions people ask about the word Shoter.

What does Shoter (⁨שוטר⁩) mean in Hebrew?

Shoter (⁨שוטר⁩) means constable, policeman, and officer. It is said shoter, with the stress on ter.

What rhymes with Shoter (⁨שוטר⁩)?

Words that rhyme with Shoter (⁨שוטר⁩) include ⁨חסר⁩, ⁨עיוור⁩, ⁨חבר⁩, ⁨סיפר⁩, ⁨גר⁩, and ⁨זעיר⁩.

Is Shoter (⁨שוטר⁩) masculine or feminine?

The word Shoter (⁨שוטר⁩) is a masculine noun, and its plural is ⁨שׁוֹטְרִים⁩.

The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry שוטר of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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