Shekef (שקף) means transparency in Hebrew.
It can also mean slide, cake collar, and cake wrap. It is a word, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
transparency, slide, cake collar, cake wrap
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives 4 meanings for Shekef.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1גיליון פלסטיק שקוף שעליו מוצג מידע בטקסט, בתרשים, באיור וכדומה, ונועד להקרנה באמצעות מטול ייעודי. השקפים הם אמצעי עזר להעברת שיעור, הרצאה וכדומה.
- 2כל אחד מן העמודים במצגת ממוחשבת.
- 3גיליון שקוף שעליו מעתיקים מפות, איורים וכדומה מן הדף שתחתיו.
- 4רצועת פלסטיק המשמשת בהכנת עוגות קרות, ותפקידה להקל על שחרור עוגה מן התבנית. (קונדיטוריה)
The word Shekef is a word.
- Written with vowel points
- שֶׁקֶף
- Written without vowel points
- שקף
- Said
- shekef
- Root
- ש־ק־פ
- Pattern
- קֶטֶל
- Plural
- שְׁקָפִים
- Inflections
- ר' שְׁקָפִים, שִׁקְפֵי־
- Gematria
- 480
This is how Shekef is said in other languages.
- English
- transparency, slide, cake collar, cake wrap
These words mean the opposite of Shekef.
- נייר אטום
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
The word Shekef is part of these phrases and sayings.
- מטול שקפים
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
The word Shekef comes from the root ש־ק־פ, like these words.
These words come before and after Shekef in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Shekef.
What does Shekef (שקף) mean in Hebrew?
Shekef (שקף) means transparency, slide, and cake collar. It is said shekef, with the stress on she.
What is the opposite of Shekef (שקף)?
Words that mean the opposite of Shekef (שקף) are נייר אטום.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry שקף of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.