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Horizontal bar in Hebrew is מֶתַח (métaẖ).

Below are its vowel points, how it is said, its gender and its plural.

מֶתַח
métaẖ
noun · masculine
In English

horizontal bar

The stress falls on the vowel in colour.

English words in HebrewWords starting with H

These are the Hebrew words for horizontal bar as a noun.

horizontally-aligned bar used in gymnastics

This is more about the Hebrew word מֶתַח.

Written with vowel points
מֶתַח
Written without vowel points
מתח
Said
métaẖ
Plural
מְתָחִים
Its meanings in English
horizontal bar, tension, voltage, pull up

The Hebrew dictionary's page for מתח, with its synonyms and rhymes

These English words share a Hebrew word with horizontal bar.

These words come before and after horizontal bar in the list.

These are the questions people ask about ⁨horizontal bar⁩ in Hebrew.

How do you say ⁨horizontal bar⁩ in Hebrew?

⁨horizontal bar⁩ in Hebrew is ⁨מֶתַח⁩, said métaẖ. Without vowel points it is written ⁨מתח⁩. Its plural is ⁨מְתָחִים⁩.

Is ⁨מתח⁩ masculine or feminine?

The word ⁨מתח⁩ is masculine.

What else does ⁨מתח⁩ mean in English?

Besides ⁨horizontal bar⁩, ⁨מתח⁩ can mean ⁨tension, voltage, and pull up⁩.

The Hebrew translations, transliterations, genders and plurals on this page are adapted from Wiktionary's entry horizontal bar 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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