חוטר

Hebrew

Root
ח־ט־ר (kh-ṭ-r)

Etymology

Cognate of Arabic خِطْر (ḵiṭr, “branch”), Classical Syriac ܚܘܛܪܐ (ḥuṭrā, “staff”), Samaritan Aramaic ࠀࠈࠓ (ʾṭr).

Noun

חוטר / חֹטֶר • (khóter, ḥṓṭer) m (plural indefinite חוטרים / חֳטָרִים, no construct forms) [pattern: קֹטֶל]

1. a rod
2. a branch
3. a scion, a descendant

   הילד הוא חוטר למשפחת בנקאים גרמנית. ― The child is a scion to a German banking family.

References

• H2415 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• “חוטר” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language