Sin (סִין) means tenon in Hebrew.
It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
סִין
sin
noun · masculine
In English
tenon
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Sin.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1לשונית או בליטה מרובעת בחלק עץ לחיבור שני חלקי עץ זה לזה בשיטת שן ומגרעת (סין וגרז).
The word Sin is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- סִין
- Written without vowel points
- סין
- Said
- sin
- Root
- ס־נ־נ
- Plural
- סִינִים
- Inflections
- ר' סִינִים; סִין־, סִינֵי־
- Gematria
- 120
This is how Sin is said in other languages.
- English
- tenon
These words mean nearly the same as Sin.
These words mean the opposite of Sin.
- גרזmortise
- שקע
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words rhyme with Sin.
The word Sin is part of these phrases and sayings.
The word Sin comes from the root ס־נ־נ, like these words.
These words come before and after Sin in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Sin.
What does Sin (סִין) mean in Hebrew?
Sin (סִין) means tenon. It is said sin, with the stress on sin.
What is a synonym for Sin (סִין)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Sin (סִין) are שן and שגם.
What is the opposite of Sin (סִין)?
Words that mean the opposite of Sin (סִין) are גרז and שקע.
What rhymes with Sin (סִין)?
Words that rhyme with Sin (סִין) include מין, גרעין, מן, תבלין, דין, and נישואין.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry סין of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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