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# שָׁכֹל

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H7921

**be bereaved** — used 24 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

be bereaved [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7921/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

שָׁכֹל: vb. Pi. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7921/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be bereaved (= Arabic ثَكِلَ, 𝔗 תְּכוֹל, תְּכֵל; cf. Syriac ܬܟܳܠܴܐ loss of children);— Pf. 1 s. כַּאֲשֶׁר שָׁכֹלְתִּי שָׁכָ֑לְתִּי Gn 43:14 (E) if I am bereaved, I am bereaved (of father, expr. resignation; on כָ֑לְ v. Ges§ 29 u); Impf. 1 s. אֶשְׁכַּל 27:45 (E), c. acc. pers. be bereaved of you both (of mother); 3 fs. תִּשְׁכַּל מִנָּשִׁים אִמֶּ֑ךָ 1 S 15:33 thy mother shall be bereaved above (more than) women. Pf. 3 fs. שִׁכְּלָה 1 S 15:33 +, sf. וְשִׁכְּלָ֑תָּה Ez 14:15, etc.; Impf. 3 fs. תְּשַׁכֵּל Dt 32:25 +, 2 fs. תְּשַׁכְּלִי Ez 36:14 Qr (v. כָּשַׁל Pi.); Inf. cstr. sf. לְשַׁכְּלָם v 12; Pt. מְשַׁכֵּלָה Ex 23:26, -כֶּ֫לֶת Ez 36:13, -כָּ֑לֶת 2 K 2:19, 21;— make childless, acc. of father Gn 42:36 (E), of mothers 1 S 15:33 (subj. חֶרֶב), cf. Lv 26:22 Ez 5:17 (subj. famine and beasts), and 14:15 (id.; obj. land); acc. of people Ho 9:12 (מֵאָדָם), Je 15:7 (+ אִבַּדְתִּי), Ez 36:12, cf. v 13, 14 (v. supra); obj. om. (subj. חֶרֶב) Dt 32:25; La 1:20; Ez 21:19 (Co, for תִּכָּפֵל, v. כָּפַל p. 495b; otherwise Toy Krae). cause barrenness, or abortion, הָאָרֶץ מְשַׁכְּ׳ 2 K 2:19, cf. v 21 (Thes otherwise, v. מְשׁ׳ infra). shew abortion, (1) of any female Ex 23:26 (E; + עֲקָרָה), animals Gn 31:38 (E); Jb 21:10; (2) of vine Mal 3:11. Pt. רֶחֶם (וְשָׁדַיִם צֹמְקִים) מַשְׁכִּיל Ho 9:14 miscarrying womb.—Je 50:9 read מַשְׂכִּיל successful, 𝔊 𝔖 Heb Codd. Ew Hi Gf Gie.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 22 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (8 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: I have been bereaved (2); it will make childless (2); I (1).

## In the verses

[Job 21:10](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.21.10/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.21.10/#tree)

שׁוֹר֣וֹ עִ֭בַּר וְלֹ֣א יַגְעִ֑ל תְּפַלֵּ֥ט פָּ֝רָת֗וֹ וְלֹ֣א תְשַׁכֵּֽל׃

*Word for word:* bull his it.impregnates and not it.fails it.calves cow his and not it.miscarries

*JPS 1917:* Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.

[Exodus 23:26](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.23.26/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.23.26/#tree)

לֹ֥א תִהְיֶ֛ה מְשַׁכֵּלָ֥ה וַעֲקָרָ֖ה בְּאַרְצֶ֑ךָ אֶת־מִסְפַּ֥ר יָמֶ֖יךָ אֲמַלֵּֽא׃

*Word for word:* not anyone.will.be miscarrying and barren in land your (et) the.number your.days your I.will.complete

*JPS 1917:* None shall miscarry, nor be barren, in thy land; the number of thy days I will fulfil.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7921.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7921/): 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).