Sak (שק) means sack in Hebrew.
It can also mean sackcloth. It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
sack, sackcloth
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives 2 meanings for Sak.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1כלי קיבול העשוי מחומר גמיש כגון בד, עור וכיוצא בזה.
וַיְהִי הֵם מְרִיקִים שַׂקֵּיהֶם וְהִנֵּה אִישׁ צְרוֹר כַּסְפּוֹ בְּשַׂקּוֹ.
- 2לשון המקרא, לא בשימושסוג של אריג גס ופשוט (אולי שער גמלים או עזים) אשר נהגו האבלים ללבוש בתקופת המקרא.
וּמָרְדֳּכַי יָדַע אֶת כָּל אֲשֶׁר נַעֲשָׂה וַיִּקְרַע מָרְדֳּכַי אֶת בְּגָדָיו וַיִּלְבַּשׁ שַׂק וָאֵפֶר וַיֵּצֵא בְּתוֹךְ הָעִיר וַיִּזְעַק זְעָקָה גְדוֹלָה וּמָרָה
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Sak is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- שַׂק
- Written without vowel points
- שק
- Said
- sak
- Root
- ש־ק־ק
- Plural
- שַׂקִּים
- Inflections
- ר' שַׂקִּים; שַׂק־, ר' שַׂקֵּי־
- Gematria
- 400
This is how Sak is said in other languages.
- English
- sack, sackcloth
- French
- sac
These words mean nearly the same as Sak.
These words rhyme with Sak.
The word Sak is part of these phrases and sayings.
- קנה חתול בשק
- יצא המרצע מן השק
- לבש שק
- שק אגרוף
- שק חבטות
- שק הריון
- שק קמח
- שק שינה
- שק"ש
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
The word Sak comes from the root ש־ק־ק, like these words.
These words come before and after Sak in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Sak.
What does Sak (שק) mean in Hebrew?
Sak (שק) means sack and sackcloth. It is said sak, with the stress on sak.
What is a synonym for Sak (שק)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Sak (שק) are אמתחת.
What rhymes with Sak (שק)?
Words that rhyme with Sak (שק) include ירק, משחק, חזק, מוצק, חיידק, and מרחק.
Is Sak (שק) masculine or feminine?
The word Sak (שק) is a masculine noun, and its plural is שַׂקִּים.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry שק of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.