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title: שָׁכֵן — inhabitant · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׁכֵן (7934), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 20 times: inhabitant. BDB 1906: adj. inhabitant, neighbour. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׁכֵן

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«שָׁכֵן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **inhabitant** — 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:** 20 times · **Key:** 7934 · **BDB:** שָׁכֵן

### Glosses

neighbors (14); a.neighbor (2); an.inhabitant (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

inhabitant [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7934/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. inhabitant, neighbour [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7934/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. inhabitant, neighbour;—שׁ׳ Is 33:24 +; cstr. שְׁכַן Ho 10:5; sf. שְׁכֵנוֹ Ex 12:4; שְׁכֵנָ֑יִכְי֯ 2 K 4:3, etc.; f. sf. שְׁכֶנְתָּהּ Ex 3:22; fpl. שְׁכֵנוֹת Ru 4:17;— inhabitant, Is 33:24 Ho 10:5. neighbour: woman Ex 3:22 (E); pl. Ru 4:17; man Ex 12:4 (P) Je 6:21; Pr 27:10, pl. 2 K 4:3; of places Dt 1:7; nations, to Judah Ez 16:26 ψ 79:12; הֶרְפָּה לִשְׁכֵנֵי(נוּ) 44:14; 79:4, cf. 31:12; 89:42; מָדוֹן לשׁ׳ 80:7; to Edom Je 49:10; to Sodom v 18; 50:40; to י׳ 11:14 (because to people).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 19 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 «שָׁכֵן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7934/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 89:42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.89.42/)

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שַׁ֭סֻּהוּ כָּל־עֹ֣בְרֵי דָ֑רֶךְ הָיָ֥ה חֶ֝רְפָּ֗ה לִשְׁכֵנָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* they have.plundered.him all \[those.who\].pass.by of.\[the\].road he.has.become a.reproach to neighbors his

*JPS 1917:* All that pass by the way spoil him; he is become a taunt to his neighbours.

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[Psalms 79:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.79.4/)

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הָיִ֣ינוּ חֶ֭רְפָּה לִשְׁכֵנֵ֑ינוּ לַ֥עַג וָ֝קֶ֗לֶס לִסְבִיבוֹתֵֽינוּ׃

*Word for word:* we.have.become a.reproach to neighbors our mockery and derision to.\[those\] around us

*JPS 1917:* We are become a taunt to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.

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