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title: שֶׁקֶף — frame-work · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שֶׁקֶף (8260), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: frame-work. BDB 1906: frame-work, casing. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שֶׁקֶף

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«שֶׁקֶף» in the Tanakh dictionary: **frame-work** — 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:** 8260 · **BDB:** שֶׁ֫קֶף

### Glosses

frame-work (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

frame-work [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8260/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

frame-work, casing [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8260/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n. \[m.\] frame-work, casing of doors (cf. NH שְׁקוּף lintel, Aramaic שְׁקוֹף, שַׁקְפָא threshold);—שָׁ֑קֶף 1 K 7:5.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שֶׁקֶף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8260/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Kings 7:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.7.5/)

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וְכָל־הַפְּתָחִ֥ים וְהַמְּזוּז֖וֹת רְבֻעִ֣ים שָׁ֑קֶף וּמ֧וּל מֶחֱזָ֛ה אֶל־מֶחֱזָ֖ה שָׁלֹ֥שׁ פְּעָמִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and all the openings and the doorposts \[were\].square frame-work and.\[the\] front window \[was\].to window three times

*JPS 1917:* And all the doors with their posts were square in the frame; and light was over against light in three ranks.

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