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title: שָׁקַר — do falsely · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׁקַר (8266), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: do falsely. BDB 1906: vb.denom. do deal falsely. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׁקַר

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«שָׁקַר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **do falsely** — 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:** 8266 · **BDB:** שָׁקַר

### Glosses

you.will.deal.falsely (2); I.will.deal.falsely (1); he.will.deal.falsely (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

do falsely [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8266/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb.denom. do deal falsely [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8266/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb.denom. do or deal falsely;— Impf. 2 ms. תִּשְׁקֹר Gn 21:23 thou wilt not do falsely to me (לִי). Pf. 1 pl. שִׁקַּ֫רְנוּ ψ 44:18; Impf. 3 ms. יְשַׁקֵּר 1 S 15:29; 3 mpl. יְשַׁקֵּ֑רוּ Is 63:8, etc.;—deal falsely 1 S 15:29; Is 63:8, c. ב pers. Lv 19:11 (‖ כחשׁ); c. ב rei ψ 44:18; 89:34.

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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 (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שָׁקַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8266/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Leviticus 19:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.19.11/)

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לֹ֖א תִּגְנֹ֑בוּ וְלֹא־תְכַחֲשׁ֥וּ וְלֹֽא־תְשַׁקְּר֖וּ אִ֥ישׁ בַּעֲמִיתֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* not you.will.steal and not you.will.deceive and not you.will.deal.falsely anyone with his.fellow citizen

*JPS 1917:* Ye shall not steal; neither shall ye deal falsely, nor lie one to another.

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[Psalms 44:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.44.18/)

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כָּל־זֹ֣את בָּ֭אַתְנוּ וְלֹ֣א שְׁכַחֲנ֑וּךָ וְלֹֽא־שִׁ֝קַּ֗רְנוּ בִּבְרִיתֶֽךָ׃

*Word for word:* all this it has.come.to.us and not we had.forgotten.you and not we.had.dealt.falsely with covenant your

*JPS 1917:* All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten Thee, neither have we been false to Thy covenant.

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