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title: שֵׂכוּ — Sechu · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שֵׂכוּ (7906), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Sechu. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שֵׂכוּ

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«שֵׂכוּ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Sechu** — 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:** 7906 · **BDB:** שֵׂ֫כוּ

### Glosses

Secu (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Sechu [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7906/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7906/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. (si vera l.) near Ramah (= outlook, Köii. 1, 61);—1 S 19:22; WMMAs. u. Eur. 165 cp. T̲-ku in Egyptian inscr.; but 𝔊 Σεφ(ε)ι; read שְׁפִי Th We Dr Kit Bu HPS.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שֵׂכוּ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7906/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Samuel 19:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.19.22/)

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וַיֵּ֨לֶךְ גַּם־ה֜וּא הָרָמָ֗תָה וַיָּבֹא֙ עַד־בּ֤וֹר הַגָּדוֹל֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בַּשֶּׂ֔כוּ וַיִּשְׁאַ֣ל וַיֹּ֔אמֶר אֵיפֹ֥ה שְׁמוּאֵ֖ל וְדָוִ֑ד וַיֹּ֕אמֶר הִנֵּ֖ה בְּנָי֥וֹת בָּרָמָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and he.went also he to (the) Ramah and he.came to a.cistern (the) great which \[is\].in (the) Secu and he.asked and he.said where? \[are\].Samuel and David and someone.said there! at Naioth in (the) Ramah

*JPS 1917:* Then went he also to Ramah, and came to the great cistern that is in Secu; and he asked and said: 'Where are Samuel and David?' And one said: 'Behold, they are at Naioth in Ramah.'

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