Crab in Hebrew is סַרְטַן (sartán).
Below are its vowel points, how it is said, its gender and its plural.
סַרְטַן
sartán
noun · masculine
In English
crab
/kɹæb/
The stress falls on the vowel in colour.
These are the Hebrew words for crab as a noun.
crustacean
- סַרְטַןסרטןsartánmasculineIn the Hebrew dictionary
This is more about the Hebrew word סַרְטַן.
- Written with vowel points
- סַרְטַן
- Written without vowel points
- סרטן
- Said
- sartán
- Plural
- סַרְטָנִים
- Its meanings in English
- crab, cancer
The Hebrew dictionary's page for סרטן, with its synonyms and rhymes
These English words share a Hebrew word with crab.
These words come before and after crab in the list.
These are the questions people ask about crab in Hebrew.
How do you say crab in Hebrew?
crab in Hebrew is סַרְטַן, said sartán. Without vowel points it is written סרטן. Its plural is סַרְטָנִים.
Is סרטן masculine or feminine?
The word סרטן is masculine.
What else does סרטן mean in English?
Besides crab, סרטן can mean cancer.
How is crab pronounced in English?
crab is pronounced /kɹæb/.
The Hebrew translations, transliterations, genders and plurals on this page are adapted from Wiktionary's entry crab and its entries for the Hebrew words, read on 5 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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