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Shir nekama (שיר נקמה) means vengeance song in Hebrew.

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

שִׁיר נְקָמָה
shir nekama
noun · masculine
In English

vengeance song

The stress falls on the part in bold.

The Hebrew dictionaryWords starting with ש

The dictionary gives one meaning for Shir nekama.

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

  1. 1
    שיר שמילותיו הן פסוקים מהמקורות המביעים עשיית מעשה תגמול כנגד אדם או אנשים כתגובה למעשה עוולה של היהודים באויביהם.

The word Shir nekama is a masculine noun.

Written with vowel points
שִׁיר נְקָמָה
Written without vowel points
שיר נקמה
Said
shir nekama
Plural
שִׁירֵי נְקָמָה
Inflections
ר' שִׁירֵי נְקָמָה
Gematria
705

This is how Shir nekama is said in other languages.

English
vengeance song

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What does Shir nekama (⁨שיר נקמה⁩) mean in Hebrew?

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

Is Shir nekama (⁨שיר נקמה⁩) masculine or feminine?

The word Shir nekama (⁨שיר נקמה⁩) is a masculine noun, and its plural is ⁨שִׁירֵי נְקָמָה⁩.

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

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