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Sech (שך) means stake in Hebrew.

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

שֵׂךְ
sech
noun · masculine
In English

stake

The stress falls on the part in bold.

The Hebrew dictionaryWords starting with ש

The dictionary gives 2 meanings for Sech.

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

  1. 1
    יתד ברזל או עץ חד.
    וְהָיָה אֲשֶׁר תּוֹתִירוּ מֵהֶם לְשִׂכִּים בְּעֵינֵיכֶם וְלִצְנִינִם בְּצִדֵּיכֶם וְצָרֲרוּ אֶתְכֶם עַל הָאָרֶץ.
  2. 2
    סלנגשיפוד מתכת עליו נועצים או מלפפים בשר, ירקות לקלייה,ועוד.

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

The word Sech is a masculine noun.

Written with vowel points
שֵׂךְ
Written without vowel points
שך
Said
sech
Root
ש־כ־כ
Pattern
קֵטֶל
Plural
שִֹכִּים
Inflections
ר' שִֹכִּים
Gematria
320

This is how Sech is said in other languages.

English
stake

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What does Sech (⁨שך⁩) mean in Hebrew?

Sech (⁨שך⁩) means stake. It is said sech, with the stress on sech.

What is a synonym for Sech (⁨שך⁩)?

Words that mean nearly the same as Sech (⁨שך⁩) are ⁨קוץ⁩, ⁨שפוד⁩, ⁨דרבן⁩, ⁨עקרב⁩, ⁨מסמר⁩, and ⁨חדק⁩.

What rhymes with Sech (⁨שך⁩)?

Words that rhyme with Sech (⁨שך⁩) include ⁨ירך⁩, ⁨חך⁩, ⁨איך⁩, ⁨משפך⁩, ⁨מחנך⁩, and ⁨אברך⁩.

Is Sech (⁨שך⁩) masculine or feminine?

The word Sech (⁨שך⁩) is a masculine noun, and its plural is ⁨שִֹכִּים⁩.

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

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