Nekama (נקמה) means vengeance in Hebrew.
It is a feminine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
vengeance
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Nekama.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1לשון המקראפגיעה מכוונת במישהו הנובעת מן הרצון לגמול לו על מעשה רע שעשה.
וְהַיּוֹם הַהוּא לַאדֹנָי יְהוִה צְבָאוֹת, יוֹם נְקָמָה לְהִנָּקֵם מִצָּרָיו, וְאָכְלָה חֶרֶב וְשָׂבְעָה, וְרָוְתָה מִדָּמָם...
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Nekama is a feminine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- נְקָמָה
- Written without vowel points
- נקמה
- Said
- nekama
- Root
- נ־ק־מ
- Pattern
- קְטָלָה
- Plural
- נְקָמוֹת
- Inflections
- ר' נְקָמוֹת; נִקְמַת־, ר' נִקְמוֹת־
- Gematria
- 195
This is how Nekama is said in other languages.
- English
- vengeance
- Arabic
- إنتقام
These words mean nearly the same as Nekama.
- נקםrevenge
- נקימה
- גמול
- שילום
- היפרעות
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These words rhyme with Nekama.
The word Nekama is part of these phrases and sayings.
- נקמת דם
- אל נקמות
- שיר נקמה
- נקמה מתוקה
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
The word Nekama comes from the root נ־ק־מ, like these words.
These words come before and after Nekama in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Nekama.
What does Nekama (נקמה) mean in Hebrew?
Nekama (נקמה) means vengeance. It is said nekama, with the stress on ma.
What is a synonym for Nekama (נקמה)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Nekama (נקמה) are נקם, נקימה, גמול, שילום, and היפרעות.
What rhymes with Nekama (נקמה)?
Words that rhyme with Nekama (נקמה) include אדמה, רקמה, מלחמה, בהמה, אומה, and רמה.
Is Nekama (נקמה) masculine or feminine?
The word Nekama (נקמה) is a feminine noun, and its plural is נְקָמוֹת.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry נקמה of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.