Tene (טנא) means basket in Hebrew.
It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
טֶנֶא
tene
noun · masculine
In English
basket
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Tene.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1סל העשוי מענפים והמשמש לנשיאת תבואה. כיום משמשת המילה לתיאור מנהג הביכורים בחג השבועות.
וְלָקַחְתָּ מֵרֵאשִׁית כָּל-פְּרִי הָאֲדָמָה אֲשֶׁר תָּבִיא מֵאַרְצְךָ אֲשֶׁר יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ נֹתֵן לָךְ וְשַׂמְתָּ בַטֶּנֶא וְהָלַכְתָּ אֶל-הַמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר יִבְחַר יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ לְשַׁכֵּן שְׁמוֹ שָׁם.
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Tene is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- טֶנֶא
- Written without vowel points
- טנא
- Said
- tene
- Root
- ט־נ־א
- Pattern
- קֶטֶל
- Plural
- טְנָאִים
- Inflections
- ר' טְנָאִים
- Gematria
- 60
This is how Tene is said in other languages.
- English
- basket
These words mean nearly the same as Tene.
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words come before and after Tene in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Tene.
What does Tene (טנא) mean in Hebrew?
Tene (טנא) means basket. It is said tene, with the stress on te.
What is a synonym for Tene (טנא)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Tene (טנא) are סל, קלת, and כלוב.
Is Tene (טנא) masculine or feminine?
The word Tene (טנא) is a masculine noun, and its plural is טְנָאִים.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry טנא of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.