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# מַשְׂכִּיל

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4905

**contemplative poem** — used 14 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

contemplative poem [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4905/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מַשְׂכִּיל²: n.m. contemplative poem (Hiph. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4905/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. contemplative poem (Hiph. 2. De al.);—in titles of ψψ 32, 42, 44, 45, 52, 53, 54, 55, 74, 78, 88, 89, 142; also 47:8 זַמְּרוּ מ׳: \> Ges al. didactic poem (√ 4); Ew Ri Pe al. skilful, artistic song (√ 3); √ 2 alone fits all cases.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: a poem (14).

## In the verses

[Psalms 89:1](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.89.1/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.89.1/#tree)

מַ֝שְׂכִּ֗יל לְאֵיתָ֥ן הָֽאֶזְרָחִֽי׃

*Word for word:* a.poem of Ethan the Ezrachite

*JPS 1917:* Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite.

[Psalms 52:1](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.52.1/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.52.1/#tree)

לַמְנַצֵּ֗חַ מַשְׂכִּ֥יל לְדָוִֽד׃

*Word for word:* to the choirmaster a.poem of David

*JPS 1917:* For the Leader. Maschil of David; when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him: 'David is come to the house of Ahimelech.' Why boastest thou thyself of evil, O mighty man?

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4905.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4905/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).