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Shir (שיר) means song in Hebrew.

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

שִׁיר
shir
noun · masculine
In English

song

The stress falls on the part in bold.

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The dictionary gives 2 meanings for Shir.

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

  1. 1
    יצירה מילולית־מוזיקלית שאותה יכולים לבצע (באופן ווקלי) אדם אחד או יותר.
    עוּרִי עוּרִי דְּבוֹרָה, עוּרִי עוּרִי דַּבְּרִי־שִׁיר; קוּם בָּרָק וּשֲׁבֵה שֶׁבְיְךָ, בֶּן־אֲבִינֹעַם.
  2. 2
    שם פרטי לנקבה.

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

The word Shir is a masculine noun.

Written with vowel points
שִׁיר
Written without vowel points
שיר
Said
shir
Root
ש־י־ר
Pattern
קִיל
Plural
שִׁירִים
Inflections
ר' שִׁירִים; שִׁיר־, ר' שִׁירֵי־
Gematria
510

This is how Shir is said in other languages.

English
song
Arabic
أغنية
Russian
песня
French
chanson
Spanish
canción
German
Lied
Yiddish
ליד, פּיעסניע

These words mean nearly the same as Shir.

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These words rhyme with Shir.

The word Shir is part of these phrases and sayings.

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This is where the word Shir comes from.

בבלית, ואכדית (בתעודות מארי,ובארכיון ראס שמרה) - בצורת (שֶֶׁרֻ šēru) בהוראת שיר.

These words come before and after Shir in the dictionary.

These are the questions people ask about the word Shir.

What does Shir (⁨שיר⁩) mean in Hebrew?

Shir (⁨שיר⁩) means song. It is said shir, with the stress on shir.

What is a synonym for Shir (⁨שיר⁩)?

Words that mean nearly the same as Shir (⁨שיר⁩) are ⁨זמר⁩, ⁨מזמור⁩, ⁨רון⁩, ⁨רינה⁩, and ⁨שירה⁩.

What rhymes with Shir (⁨שיר⁩)?

Words that rhyme with Shir (⁨שיר⁩) include ⁨מכשיר⁩, ⁨עיר⁩, ⁨אוויר⁩, ⁨ציר⁩, ⁨צעיר⁩, and ⁨שריר⁩.

Is Shir (⁨שיר⁩) masculine or feminine?

The word Shir (⁨שיר⁩) is a masculine noun, and its plural is ⁨שִׁירִים⁩.

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

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