Shir am (שיר עם) means folk song in Hebrew.
It is a phrase, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
שִׁיר עַם
shir am
phrase
In English
folk song
The dictionary gives one meaning for Shir am.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1שיר פופולרי ומוכר שאין יודעים מי מחברו.
The word Shir am is a phrase.
- Written with vowel points
- שִׁיר עַם
- Written without vowel points
- שיר עם
- Said
- shir am
- Root
- ש־י־ר
- Plural
- שִׁירֵי עַם
- Inflections
- ר' שִׁירֵי עַם
- Gematria
- 620
This is how Shir am is said in other languages.
- English
- folk song
The word Shir am comes from the root ש־י־ר, like these words.
These words come before and after Shir am in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Shir am.
What does Shir am (שיר עם) mean in Hebrew?
Shir am (שיר עם) means folk song. It is said shir am.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry שיר עם of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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