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title: סָכַן — incur danger · The Tanakh dictionary
description: סָכַן (5533), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: incur danger. BDB 1906: vb. incur danger. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# סָכַן

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«סָכַן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **incur danger** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 5533 · **BDB:** סָכַן²

### Glosses

he.will.be.endangered (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

incur danger [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5533/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. incur danger [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5533/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. incur danger (late) (NH id. Pi. endanger, Hiph. be endangered, סַכָּנָה. danger, etc.; Aramaic סְכַן id., cf. LevyNHWB iii. 526 i. DeHL und Koheleth 203; Eng. Trans. 194);— Impf. 3 ms. יִסָּ֫כֶן בָּם Ec 10:9 he that cleaveth (logs of) wood endangers himself by them.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «סָכַן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5533/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ecclesiastes 10:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.10.9/)

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מַסִּ֣יעַ אֲבָנִ֔ים יֵעָצֵ֖ב בָּהֶ֑ם בּוֹקֵ֥עַ עֵצִ֖ים יִסָּ֥כֶן בָּֽם׃

*Word for word:* \[one.who\].quarries stones he.will.be.hurt by them \[one.who\].cleaves wood(s) he.will.be.endangered by them

*JPS 1917:* Whoso quarrieth stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that cleaveth wood is endangered thereby.

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