Sheled (שלד) means skeleton in Hebrew.
It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
שֶׁלֶד
sheled
noun · masculine
In English
skeleton
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Sheled.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1מערכת של קורות חזקות המשמשת לתמיכה במבנה ומקנה לו יציבות.
The word Sheled is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- שֶׁלֶד
- Written without vowel points
- שלד
- Said
- sheled
- Root
- ש־ל־ד
- Pattern
- קֶטֶל
- Plural
- שְׁלָדִים
- Inflections
- ר' שְׁלָדִים
- Gematria
- 334
This is how Sheled is said in other languages.
- English
- skeleton
- Arabic
- هيكل عظميّ
- Russian
- скелет
- Spanish
- esqueleto
- German
- Skelett
These words rhyme with Sheled.
The word Sheled is part of these phrases and sayings.
- שלדים בארון
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
This is where the word Sheled comes from.
שִׁלְדָּא, במקור 5614 – גופת המת (בשלמותה).
These words come before and after Sheled in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Sheled.
What does Sheled (שלד) mean in Hebrew?
Sheled (שלד) means skeleton. It is said sheled, with the stress on she.
What rhymes with Sheled (שלד)?
Words that rhyme with Sheled (שלד) include ילד, גלד, and חלד.
Is Sheled (שלד) masculine or feminine?
The word Sheled (שלד) is a masculine noun, and its plural is שְׁלָדִים.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry שלד of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.