Pekem (פקם) means tack in Hebrew.
It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
פֶּקֶם
pekem
noun · masculine
In English
tack
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Pekem.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1ימאותהפינה הקדמית התחתונה של מפרש אורכי, משולש או מרובע.
The word Pekem is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- פֶּקֶם
- Written without vowel points
- פקם
- Said
- pekem
- Root
- פ־ק־מ
- Gematria
- 220
This is how Pekem is said in other languages.
- English
- tack
The word Pekem is part of these phrases and sayings.
- מיתר פקם
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
The word Pekem comes from the root פ־ק־מ, like these words.
These words come before and after Pekem in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Pekem.
What does Pekem (פקם) mean in Hebrew?
Pekem (פקם) means tack. It is said pekem, with the stress on pe.
Is Pekem (פקם) masculine or feminine?
The word Pekem (פקם) is a masculine noun.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry פקם of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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