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title: מַשְׂכִּיל — contemplative poem · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַשְׂכִּיל (4905), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 14 times: contemplative poem. BDB 1906: n.m. contemplative poem (Hiph. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַשְׂכִּיל

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«מַשְׂכִּיל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **contemplative poem** — 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:** 14 times · **Key:** 4905 · **BDB:** מַשְׂכִּיל²

### Glosses

a.poem (14)

### Meaning (OSHB)

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

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

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

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**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.

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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)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַשְׂכִּיל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4905/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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

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מַ֝שְׂכִּ֗יל לְאֵיתָ֥ן הָֽאֶזְרָחִֽי׃

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

*JPS 1917:* Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite.

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

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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?

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