Sulam ya'akov (סולם יעקב) means Jacob's ladder in Hebrew.
It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
סֻלָּם יַעֲקֹב
sulam ya'akov
noun · masculine
In English
Jacob's ladder
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Sulam ya'akov.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1ימאותסולם חבלים המותקן בצדו של תורן עלעילי באוניית מפרשיםומשמש לטיפוס אל ראש התורן והסקריה.
The word Sulam ya'akov is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- סֻלָּם יַעֲקֹב
- Written without vowel points
- סולם יעקב
- Said
- sulam ya'akov
- Plural
- סֻלְּמוֹת יַעֲקֹב
- Inflections
- ר' סֻלְּמוֹת יַעֲקֹב
- Gematria
- 318
This is how Sulam ya'akov is said in other languages.
- English
- Jacob's ladder
- French
- échelle de revers
- German
- Jakobsleiter
These words come before and after Sulam ya'akov in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Sulam ya'akov.
What does Sulam ya'akov (סולם יעקב) mean in Hebrew?
Sulam ya'akov (סולם יעקב) means Jacob's ladder. It is said sulam ya'akov, with the stress on lam.
Is Sulam ya'akov (סולם יעקב) masculine or feminine?
The word Sulam ya'akov (סולם יעקב) is a masculine noun, and its plural is סֻלְּמוֹת יַעֲקֹב.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry סלם יעקב of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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