Yashvan (ישבן) means buttock in Hebrew.
It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
יַשְׁבָן
yashvan
noun · masculine
In English
buttock
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Yashvan.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1איבר הממוקם מאחורי האגן בסוף הגב התחתון, הכולל זוג מסות שריר ושומן.
The word Yashvan is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- יַשְׁבָן
- Written without vowel points
- ישבן
- Said
- yashvan
- Root
- י־ש־ב
- Pattern
- קַטְלָן
- Plural
- יַשְׁבָנִים
- Inflections
- ר' יַשְׁבָנִים
- Gematria
- 362
This is how Yashvan is said in other languages.
- English
- buttock
- Arabic
- دُبْر, رِدْف, رِدْفان
- Russian
- ягодица, ягодицы, попа
- French
- fesse
- Spanish
- nalga
- German
- Hinterbacke, Pobacke, Backe
These words mean nearly the same as Yashvan.
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
The word Yashvan comes from the root י־ש־ב, like these words.
These words come before and after Yashvan in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Yashvan.
What does Yashvan (ישבן) mean in Hebrew?
Yashvan (ישבן) means buttock. It is said yashvan, with the stress on yash.
What is a synonym for Yashvan (ישבן)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Yashvan (ישבן) are אחוריים, טוסיק, עכוז, שת, תוחס, and תחת.
Is Yashvan (ישבן) masculine or feminine?
The word Yashvan (ישבן) is a masculine noun, and its plural is יַשְׁבָנִים.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry ישבן of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.