Shir hashirim (שיר השירים) means Song of Songs in Hebrew.
It can also mean Song of Solomon. It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
שִׁיר הַשִּׁירִים
shir hashirim
noun · masculine
In English
Song of Songs, Song of Solomon
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Shir hashirim.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1המגילה הראשונה בתנ"ך המדברת על שירי אהבה בין בני זוג, גבר ואישה, הפונים זה אל זו.
שִׁיר הַשִּׁירִים אֲשֶׁר לִשְׁלֹמֹה.
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Shir hashirim is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- שִׁיר הַשִּׁירִים
- Written without vowel points
- שיר השירים
- Said
- shir hashirim
- Gematria
- 1,075
This is how Shir hashirim is said in other languages.
- English
- Song of Songs, Song of Solomon
- Arabic
- سفر نشيد الأنشاد
- Russian
- Песнь песней Соломона
- French
- cantique des cantiques
- Spanish
- cantar de los Cantares
- German
- hohes Lied
These words come before and after Shir hashirim in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Shir hashirim.
What does Shir hashirim (שיר השירים) mean in Hebrew?
Shir hashirim (שיר השירים) means Song of Songs and Song of Solomon. It is said shir hashirim, with the stress on shir.
Is Shir hashirim (שיר השירים) masculine or feminine?
The word Shir hashirim (שיר השירים) is a masculine noun.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry שיר השירים of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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