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Dayek (דייק) means Siege tower in Hebrew.

It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.

דָּיֵק
dayek
noun · masculine
In English

Siege tower

The stress falls on the part in bold.

The Hebrew dictionaryWords starting with ד

The dictionary gives one meaning for Dayek.

The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.

  1. 1
    מגדלים או סוללות שנהגו לבנות סביב חומות עיר בעת מצור עליה, כדי לירות מהם על מגיניה.
    וַיְהִי בִשְׁנַת הַתְּשִׁיעִית לְמָלְכוֹ, בַּחֹדֶשׁ הָעֲשִׂירִי בֶּעָשׂוֹר לַחֹדֶשׁ, בָּא נְבֻכַדְנֶאצַּר מֶלֶךְ-בָּבֶל הוּא וְכָל-חֵילוֹ עַל-יְרוּשָׁלִַם, וַיִּחַן עָלֶיהָ; וַיִּבְנוּ עָלֶיהָ דָּיֵק, סָבִיב.

The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.

The word Dayek is a masculine noun.

Written with vowel points
דָּיֵק
Written without vowel points
דייק
Said
dayek
Plural
דְּיֵקִים
Inflections
ר' דְּיֵקִים; דְּיֵק־, דְּיֵקֵי־
Gematria
124

This is how Dayek is said in other languages.

English
Siege tower

These words mean nearly the same as Dayek.

  • מגדל מצור

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These words rhyme with Dayek.

These words come before and after Dayek in the dictionary.

These are the questions people ask about the word Dayek.

What does Dayek (⁨דייק⁩) mean in Hebrew?

Dayek (⁨דייק⁩) means Siege tower. It is said dayek, with the stress on yek.

What is a synonym for Dayek (⁨דייק⁩)?

Words that mean nearly the same as Dayek (⁨דייק⁩) are ⁨מגדל מצור⁩.

What rhymes with Dayek (⁨דייק⁩)?

Words that rhyme with Dayek (⁨דייק⁩) include ⁨יונק⁩, ⁨בצק⁩, ⁨ריק⁩, ⁨הדחק⁩, ⁨בצק⁩, and ⁨דק⁩.

Is Dayek (⁨דייק⁩) masculine or feminine?

The word Dayek (⁨דייק⁩) is a masculine noun, and its plural is ⁨דְּיֵקִים⁩.

The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry דיק of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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