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title: שִׁכֹּור — drunken · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שִׁכֹּור (7910), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 13 times: drunken. BDB 1906: adj. drunken. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שִׁכֹּור

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«שִׁכֹּור» in the Tanakh dictionary: **drunken** — 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:** 13 times · **Key:** 7910 · **BDB:** שִׁכֹּר

### Glosses

drunkard (3); drunken (2); of.the.drunkards (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

drunken [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7910/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. drunken [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7910/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. drunken (BaNB § 134 b);—abs. שִׁכֹּר 1 S 25:36, שִׁכּוֹר 1 K 16:9 +, f. שִׁכֹּרָה 1 S 1:13, pl. שִׁכּוֹרִים Jo 1:5, cstr. שִׁכֹּרֵי Is 28:1; 3;—drunken: 1 S 25:36, אִישׁ שׁ׳ Je 23:9, שֹׁתֶה שׁ׳ 1 K 16:9 drinking (and) drunken, 20:16; as subst. = drunken one, drunkard Is 28:1, 3 Pr 26:9, pl. Jo 1:5 (‖ שֹׁתֵי יַיִן); in sim. Is 19:14; Jb 12:25 ψ 107:27, and (of earth) Is 24:20; f. of drunken woman 1 S 1:13.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 13 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (9 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (8 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שִׁכֹּור» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7910/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 28:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.28.3/)

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בְּרַגְלַ֖יִם תֵּֽרָמַ֑סְנָה עֲטֶ֥רֶת גֵּא֖וּת שִׁכּוֹרֵ֥י אֶפְרָֽיִם׃

*Word for word:* with feet they.will.be.trampled the.crown of.(the).pride of.the.drunkards of.Ephraim

*JPS 1917:* The crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim shall be trodden under foot;

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[Proverbs 26:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.26.9/)

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ח֭וֹחַ עָלָ֣ה בְיַד־שִׁכּ֑וֹר וּ֝מָשָׁ֗ל בְּפִ֣י כְסִילִֽים׃

*Word for word:* a.thornbush it.goes.up in.\[the\] hand of.a.drunkard and a.proverb in.\[the\] mouth of.fools

*JPS 1917:* As a thorn that cometh into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

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