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title: סָקַל — stone · The Tanakh dictionary
description: סָקַל (5619), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 22 times: stone. BDB 1906: vb. stone, put to death by stoning Pi. free from stones Qal. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# סָקַל

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«סָקַל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **stone** — 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:** 22 times · **Key:** 5619 · **BDB:** סָקַל

### Glosses

it.will.be.stoned.to.death (3); they (3); stone (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

stone [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5619/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. stone, put to death by stoning Pi. free from stones Qal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5619/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. stone, put to death by stoning, also (Pi.) free from stones (appears like denom., but noun unknown; NH סְקִילָא execution by stoning);— Pf. 2 ms. sf. וּסְקַלְתּוֹ consec. Dt 13:11; 3 mpl. sf. וּסְקָלֻנִי consec. Ex 17:4; 2 mpl. וּסְקַלְתֶּם consec. Dt 22:24, etc.; Impf. 3 mpl. יִסְקְלוּ Jos 7:25, sf. יִסְקְלֻהוּ 1 K 21:13, etc.; Imv. mpl. sf. סִקְלֻהוּ 1 K 21:10; Inf. abs. סָקוֹל Ex 19:13; 21:28; cstr. sf. סָקְלוֹ 1 S 30:6;—pelt with stones, stone to death, (as penalty) c. acc. pers. vel animal., Ex 8:22; 17:4 (both JE) 1 S 30:6; 1 K 21:10, abs. Ex 19:13; 21:28 (JE); c. acc. pers. + בְּ instr. בָּאֲבָנִים Dt 13:11; 17:5; 22:21, 24; Jos 7:25; 1 K 21:13. Impf. 3 ms. יִסָּקֵל be stoned to death Ex 19:13; 21:28, 29, 32 (JE). Impf. 3 ms. יְסַקֵּל 2 S 16:6, 13, sf. יְסַקְּלֵהוּ Is 5:2; Imv. mpl. סַקְּלוּ Is 62:10;— stone, pelt with stones, c. acc. pers. + בָּאֲבָנִים 2 S 16:6, acc. om. v 13 (‖ עִפַּר בֶּעָפָר). free vineyard (acc.) from stones (Ges§ 52 h) Is 5:2; so also 2 S 4:6, reading pt. f. מְסַקְּלָה חִטִּים lo, the portress was cleansing wheat from stones (for MT לֹקְחֵי ח׳), so We Dr Bu Kit Löhr HPS after 𝔊; (\> reading however mostly סֹלְקָה, Qal Pt.); סַקְּלוּ מֵאֶבֶן Is 62:10 free (highway) from stones. Pf. סֻקַּל be stoned to death 1 K 21:14, 15.—Not in HP; these and other writings (except above) use syn. רגם, cf. BrHex. 73

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 20 of its verses cited, 2 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 «סָקַל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5619/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Kings 21:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.21.14/)

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וַֽיִּשְׁלְח֖וּ אֶל־אִיזֶ֣בֶל לֵאמֹ֑ר סֻקַּ֥ל נָב֖וֹת וַיָּמֹֽת׃

*Word for word:* and they.sent to Jezebel (cmp) he.has.been.stoned Naboth and he.has.died

*JPS 1917:* Then they sent to Jezebel, saying: 'Naboth is stoned, and is dead.'

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[Exodus 21:32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.21.32/)

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אִם־עֶ֛בֶד יִגַּ֥ח הַשּׁ֖וֹר א֣וֹ אָמָ֑ה כֶּ֣סֶף ׀ שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים שְׁקָלִ֗ים יִתֵּן֙ לַֽאדֹנָ֔יו וְהַשּׁ֖וֹר יִסָּקֵֽל׃ס

*Word for word:* if a.\[male\].slave it.will.gore the ox or a.female.slave silver thirty shekels he.will.give to master(s) his and the ox it.will.be.stoned.to.death

*JPS 1917:* If the ox gore a bondman or a bondwoman, he shall give unto their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.

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