Miktam (Hebrew: מִכְתָּם) is a word that is part of the Old Testament Hebrew Lexicon whose meaning is not ascertained. It is a "technical term found in psalm titles" of the Bible. Miktam is one of several "collections" of psalms which include David, Asaph, Maskil, Mizmor, and Korah. An example of a Miktam of David is Psalm 16. It also occurs in 5 other Psalms, namely Psalm 56, Psalm 57, Psalm 58, Psalm 59 and Psalm 60. It has been suggested that Miktam may pertain to a "wind instrument" in Psalm 16, the Miktam of David. Miktam is also understood as a Babylonian and Hebrew musical term. In philological terms, "Miktam corresponds to the Babylonian nakamu, lid, metal cover for a vessel, and the Hebrew word may denote an instrument of percussion like the tambourine or cymbal."
In modern Hebrew, the word has come to mean "epigram", and numerous collections of Hebrew epigrams have used that word in their titles.