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title: כִּשְׁרוֹן — skill · The Tanakh dictionary
description: כִּשְׁרוֹן (3788), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: skill. BDB 1906: skill, success. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# כִּשְׁרוֹן

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«כִּשְׁרוֹן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **skill** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 3 times · **Key:** 3788 · **BDB:** כִּשְׁרוֹן

### Glosses

profit (1); skill (1); the.skill (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

skill [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3788/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

skill, success [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3788/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] skill, success;— skill, בְּחָכְמָה וּבְדַעַת וּבְכִשְׁר֑וֹן Ec 2:21; cstr. כָּל־כִּשְׁרוֹן הַמַּעֲשֶׂה 4:4 all skill of work = skilful work. success, profit, וּמַה־כִּשְׁרוֹן לִבְעָלֶיהָ Ec 5:10 and what profit have the owners of it?

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «כִּשְׁרוֹן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3788/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ecclesiastes 5:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.5.10/)

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בִּרְבוֹת֙ הַטּוֹבָ֔ה רַבּ֖וּ אוֹכְלֶ֑יהָ וּמַה־כִּשְׁרוֹן֙ לִבְעָלֶ֔יהָ כִּ֖י אִם־רְא֥וּת עֵינָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* when increases the good they.increase \[those who\].consume.it and what? profit \[belongs\].to owner(s) its (dm) (if) the.sight his.eyes his

*JPS 1917:* When goods increase, they are increased that eat them; and what advantage is there to the owner thereof, saving the beholding of them with his eyes?

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[Ecclesiastes 4:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.4.4/)

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וְרָאִ֨יתִֽי אֲנִ֜י אֶת־כָּל־עָמָ֗ל וְאֵת֙ כָּל־כִּשְׁר֣וֹן הַֽמַּעֲשֶׂ֔ה כִּ֛י הִ֥יא קִנְאַת־אִ֖ישׁ מֵרֵעֵ֑הוּ גַּם־זֶ֥ה הֶ֖בֶל וּרְע֥וּת רֽוּחַ׃

*Word for word:* and I.considered I (et) all \[the\].toil and (et) all the.skill of the.work (cmp) it \[is\].envy of.everyone from neighbor his also this \[is\].futility and striving of.wind

*JPS 1917:* Again, I considered all labour and all excelling in work, that it is a man's rivalry with his neighbour. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

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