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title: שַׁכּוּל — bereaved · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שַׁכּוּל (7909), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: bereaved. BDB 1906: adj. bereaved, robbed of offspring. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שַׁכּוּל

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«שַׁכּוּל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **bereaved** — 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:** 6 times · **Key:** 7909 · **BDB:** שַׁכּוּל

### Glosses

robbed.of.cubs (3); deprived.of.offspring (2); childless (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

bereaved [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7909/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. bereaved, robbed of offspring [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7909/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. bereaved, robbed of offspring (Ba § 37 c);—especially דֹּב שׁ׳ 2 S 17:8; Ho 13:8; Pr 17:12 (sim. of fierceness); נְשֵׁיהֶם שַׁכֻּלוֹת Je 18:21; שַׁבֻּלָה אֵין בָּהֶם Ct 4:2 (of flock, in sim.) = 6:6.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (7 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שַׁכּוּל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7909/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 17:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.17.12/)

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פָּג֬וֹשׁ דֹּ֣ב שַׁכּ֣וּל בְּאִ֑ישׁ וְאַל־כְּ֝סִ֗יל בְּאִוַּלְתּֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* let.it.meet a.bear robbed.of.cubs (in).a person and not a.fool in foolishness his

*JPS 1917:* Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.

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[Song of Songs 4:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.4.2/)

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שִׁנַּ֙יִךְ֙ כְּעֵ֣דֶר הַקְּצוּב֔וֹת שֶׁעָל֖וּ מִן־הָרַחְצָ֑ה שֶׁכֻּלָּם֙ מַתְאִימ֔וֹת וְשַׁכֻּלָ֖ה אֵ֥ין בָּהֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* teeth your \[are\].like.(the) flock of.(the) shorn.\[ewes\] which they.have.come.up from the washing which all of.them \[are\].bearing.twins and.\[one\] deprived.of.offspring there.\[is\].not among them

*JPS 1917:* Thy teeth are like a flock of ewes all shaped alike, which are come up from the washing; whereof all are paired, and none faileth among them.

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