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title: שַׂכִּין — knife · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שַׂכִּין (7915), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: knife. BDB 1906: knife. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שַׂכִּין

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«שַׂכִּין» in the Tanakh dictionary: **knife** — 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:** 7915 · **BDB:** שַׂכִּין

### Glosses

a.knife (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

knife [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7915/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

knife [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7915/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] knife (NH סַכִּין; prob. loan-word (LewyFremdw. 176) from Aramaic סַכִּינָא, ܣܰܟܹܝܢܳܐ id., whence also Arabic سِكِّينٌ NöM 125 Frä 84; √ dub.);—abs. שׂ׳ Pr 23:2.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שַׂכִּין» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7915/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 23:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.23.2/)

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וְשַׂמְתָּ֣ שַׂכִּ֣ין בְּלֹעֶ֑ךָ אִם־בַּ֖עַל נֶ֣פֶשׁ אָֽתָּה׃

*Word for word:* and you.will.put a.knife in throat your if \[are\].a.master of.appetite you

*JPS 1917:* And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.

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