Shaldag (שלדג) means kingfisher in Hebrew.
It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
שַׁלְדָּג
shaldag
noun · masculine
In English
kingfisher
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Shaldag.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1פרט מסדרה של עופות קטנים (גודלם כ־20 ס"מ) דרי־עצים. הם בעלי צבעים בוהקים, ומקור ארוך וחד המתאים לציד בעלי־חיים קטנים, כגון חרקים, דגים ומכרסמים.
The word Shaldag is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- שַׁלְדָּג
- Written without vowel points
- שלדג
- Said
- shaldag
- Root
- ש־ל־ה
- Plural
- שַׁלְדָּגִים
- Inflections
- ר' שַׁלְדָּגִים
- Gematria
- 337
This is how Shaldag is said in other languages.
- English
- kingfisher
These words rhyme with Shaldag.
The word Shaldag comes from the root ש־ל־ה, like these words.
These words come before and after Shaldag in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Shaldag.
What does Shaldag (שלדג) mean in Hebrew?
Shaldag (שלדג) means kingfisher. It is said shaldag, with the stress on dag.
What rhymes with Shaldag (שלדג)?
Words that rhyme with Shaldag (שלדג) include דג, חג, פג, גג, מנהג, and דייג.
Is Shaldag (שלדג) masculine or feminine?
The word Shaldag (שלדג) is a masculine noun, and its plural is שַׁלְדָּגִים.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry שלדג of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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