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title: שָׂכַל — lay crosswise · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׂכַל (lemma:שָׂכַל), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: lay crosswise. BDB 1906: vb. lay crosswise. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׂכַל

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«שָׂכַל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **lay crosswise** — 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:** lemma:שָׂכַל · **BDB:** שָׂכַל²

### Glosses

he.laid.cross-wise (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

lay crosswise [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b8_5c2_5db_5b7_5dc/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. lay crosswise [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b8_5c2_5db_5b7_5dc/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. lay crosswise (so, and not √ I. שׂ׳, 𝔊 𝔖 𝔙 𝔗 Jon and mod., cf. Arabic شَكَلَ bind legs of beast, plait locks of hair);—Pf. 3 ms. שִׂכֵּל אֶת־יָדָיו Gn 48:14 (J); Thes Dr, however, prudentes fecit, from √ I. שׂ׳.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (7 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שָׂכַל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b8_5c2_5db_5b7_5dc/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 48:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.48.14/)

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וַיִּשְׁלַח֩ יִשְׂרָאֵ֨ל אֶת־יְמִינ֜וֹ וַיָּ֨שֶׁת עַל־רֹ֤אשׁ אֶפְרַ֙יִם֙ וְה֣וּא הַצָּעִ֔יר וְאֶת־שְׂמֹאל֖וֹ עַל־רֹ֣אשׁ מְנַשֶּׁ֑ה שִׂכֵּל֙ אֶת־יָדָ֔יו כִּ֥י מְנַשֶּׁ֖ה הַבְּכֽוֹר׃

*Word for word:* and he.stretched.out Israel (et) hand his.right and he.put.\[it\] on the.head of.Ephraim and he \[was\].the young and (et) hand his.left on the.head of.Manasseh he.laid.cross-wise (et) hands his (dm) Manasseh \[was\].the firstborn

*JPS 1917:* And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh's head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the first-born.

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