Tkhelet (תכלת) means azure in Hebrew.
It can also mean sky blue. It is an adjective, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
azure, sky blue
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Tkhelet.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1צבע כחול בהיר, צבע השמים.
...וְעָשׂוּ לָהֶם צִיצִת עַל כַּנְפֵי בִגְדֵיהֶם לְדֹרֹתָם וְנָתְנוּ עַל צִיצִת הַכָּנָף פְּתִיל תְּכֵלֶת
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Tkhelet is an adjective.
- Written with vowel points
- תְּכֵלֶת
- Written without vowel points
- תכלת
- Said
- tkhelet
- Root
- ת־כ־ל
- Pattern
- קְטֶלֶת
- Inflections
- נ"י: תְּכֵלֶת־, שלו: תְּכֶלְתּוֹ
- Gematria
- 850
This is how Tkhelet is said in other languages.
- English
- azure, sky blue
- Arabic
- لازورد
- Russian
- голубой
- French
- azur, bleu ciel
- Spanish
- celeste
- German
- Himmelblau, Azurblau
These words mean nearly the same as Tkhelet.
These words rhyme with Tkhelet.
The word Tkhelet is part of these phrases and sayings.
- פתיל תכלת
- טלית שכולה תכלת
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These words come before and after Tkhelet in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Tkhelet.
What does Tkhelet (תכלת) mean in Hebrew?
Tkhelet (תכלת) means azure and sky blue. It is said tkhelet, with the stress on tkhe.
What is a synonym for Tkhelet (תכלת)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Tkhelet (תכלת) are כחלחל and כחלולי.
What rhymes with Tkhelet (תכלת)?
Words that rhyme with Tkhelet (תכלת) include דלת, גחלת, תועלת, צוללת, שרשרת, and גלגלת.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry תכלת of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.