Sove (סובא) means alcoholic beverage in Hebrew.
It can also mean hard liquor. It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
סֹבֶא
sove
noun · masculine
In English
alcoholic beverage, hard liquor
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives 2 meanings for Sove.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1משקה חריף, משקה משכּר.
כַּסְפֵּךְ הָיָה לְסִיגִים; סָבְאֵךְ מָהוּל בַּמָּיִם.
- 2מקור המילה אינו ידוע, אך בשפות שמיות אחרות (אכדית, ארמית־סורית וערבית) קיימות מילים דומות הקשורות ליין, ראו בגיזרון סָבָא.
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Sove is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- סֹבֶא
- Written without vowel points
- סובא
- Said
- sove
- Root
- ס־ב־א
- Pattern
- קֹטֶל
- Plural
- סְבָאִים
- Inflections
- ר' סְבָאִים; סֹבֶא־, ר' סָבְאֵי־
- Gematria
- 69
This is how Sove is said in other languages.
- English
- alcoholic beverage, hard liquor
These words mean nearly the same as Sove.
The word Sove comes from the root ס־ב־א, like these words.
These words come before and after Sove in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Sove.
What does Sove (סובא) mean in Hebrew?
Sove (סובא) means alcoholic beverage and hard liquor. It is said sove, with the stress on so.
What is a synonym for Sove (סובא)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Sove (סובא) are משקה חריף.
Is Sove (סובא) masculine or feminine?
The word Sove (סובא) is a masculine noun, and its plural is סְבָאִים.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry סבא of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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