אצבע

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
צ־ב־ע‎ (ṣ-b-ʿ)

From Proto-Semitic *ʔiṣbaʕ-. Compare Arabic إِصْبَع‎ (ʔiṣbaʕ), Aramaic אֶצְבְּעָא‎ (ʾeṣbəʿā), Classical Syriac ܨܒܥܐ‎ (ṣeḇʿā), Tigrinya ኣጻብዕ (ʾaṣabʿ), Coptic ⲧⲏⲃ (tēb), Ugaritic 𐎜𐎕𐎁𐎓 (ủṣbʿ), Egyptian ḏbꜥ.

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /(ʔ)et͡sˈba(ʕ)/

• (file)

Noun

אֶצְבַּע • ('etsbá' / 'étsba') f (plural indefinite אֶצְבָּעוֹת‎, singular construct אֶצְבַּע־, plural construct אֶצְבְּעוֹת־‎)

1. (anatomy) finger

Declension

Declension of אֶצְבַּע

Number	Isolated forms		With possessive pronouns
	State	Form	Person	singular		plural
				m.	f.	m.	f.
singular	indefinite	אֶצְבַּע	first	אֶצְבָּעִי‎		אֶצְבָּעֵנוּ‎
	definite	הָאֶצְבַּע‎	second	אֶצְבָּעֲךָ‎	אֶצְבָּעֵךְ‎	אֶצְבַּעֲכֶם‎	אֶצְבַּעֲכֶן‎
	construct	אֶצְבַּע־	third	אֶצְבָּעוֹ‎	אֶצְבָּעָהּ‎	אֶצְבָּעָם‎	אֶצְבָּעָן‎
plural	indefinite	אֶצְבָּעוֹת‎	first	אצבעותיי / אֶצְבְּעוֹתַי‎		אֶצְבְּעוֹתֵינוּ‎
	definite	הָאֶצְבָּעוֹת‎	second	אֶצְבְּעוֹתֶיךָ‎	אצבעותייך / אֶצְבְּעוֹתַיִךְ‎	אֶצְבְּעוֹתֵיכֶם‎	אֶצְבְּעוֹתֵיכֶן‎
	construct	אֶצְבְּעוֹת־‎	third	אֶצְבְּעוֹתָיו‎	אֶצְבְּעוֹתֶיהָ‎	אֶצְבְּעוֹתָם‎	אֶצְבְּעוֹתָן‎

Derived terms

• אֶצְבָּעוֹן‎ (etsba'ón)
• טְבִיעַת אֶצְבַּע‎ (“fingerprint”)

See also

• כַּף‎ (káf)
• יָד‎ (yád)
• רֶגֶל‎ (régel)