Yeshiva (ישיבה) means sitting in Hebrew.
It can also mean meeting, settling, and yeshiva. It is a feminine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
sitting, meeting, settling, yeshiva
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives 5 meanings for Yeshiva.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1תנוחה בה הרגליים כפופות ושיווי המשקל מתרכז בעכוז.
- 2פגישה של מספר אנשים לצורך דיון בנושאים שונים.
- 3התיישבות, התגוררות.
- 4מוסד חינוכי בו יהודים דתיים לומדים תורה, כיום משמש בעקר לתאור מוסד לימודי לבני נוער, או לבוגרים טרם נישואיהם.
- 5עגה שהייה ממושכת בבית השימוש.
The word Yeshiva is a feminine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- יְשִׁיבָה
- Written without vowel points
- ישיבה
- Said
- yeshiva
- Root
- י־ש־ב
- Pattern
- קְטִילָה
- Plural
- יְשִׁיבוֹת
- Inflections
- ר' יְשִׁיבוֹת; יְשִׁיבַת־, ר' יְשִׁיבוֹת־
- Gematria
- 327
This is how Yeshiva is said in other languages.
- English
- sitting, meeting, settling, yeshiva
- Arabic
- جُلوس, جَلْسة, سَكَن
- Russian
- сидеть, заседание, митинг
- French
- asseoir, réunion
These words mean nearly the same as Yeshiva.
- שבת
- דיוןdiscussion
- התכנסות
- אולפנה
- בית מדרש
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words mean the opposite of Yeshiva.
These words rhyme with Yeshiva.
The word Yeshiva is part of these phrases and sayings.
- בן ישיבה
- בני"ש
- ישיבת הסדר
- ישיבה מזרחית
- נתבקש בישיבה של מעלה
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
The word Yeshiva comes from the root י־ש־ב, like these words.
These words come before and after Yeshiva in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Yeshiva.
What does Yeshiva (ישיבה) mean in Hebrew?
Yeshiva (ישיבה) means sitting, meeting, and settling. It is said yeshiva, with the stress on va.
What is a synonym for Yeshiva (ישיבה)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Yeshiva (ישיבה) are שבת, דיון, התכנסות, אולפנה, and בית מדרש.
What is the opposite of Yeshiva (ישיבה)?
Words that mean the opposite of Yeshiva (ישיבה) are מסע and נדודים.
What rhymes with Yeshiva (ישיבה)?
Words that rhyme with Yeshiva (ישיבה) include צבא, סביבה, מחשבה, כתיבה, תגובה, and אהבה.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry ישיבה of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.