BDB8663
[שָׁכֹל, שָׁכַל LagBN 26] verb be bereaved (= Arabic [untranscribed source text 5530] ᵑ7 תְּכוֺל, תְּכֵל; compare Syriac [untranscribed source text 5531] loss of children); —
Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
| Strong's Number: | H7921 |
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| Word: | שָׁכוֹל |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | a primitive root |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 24 |
| Transliteration: | shakol |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | shaw-kole' |
| Meaning: | 1. (properly) to miscarry, i.e. suffer abortion 2. by analogy, to bereave (literally or figuratively) |
| KJV Renderings: | bereave (of children), barren, cast calf (fruit, young), be (make) childless, deprive, destroy, X expect, lose children, miscarry, rob of children, spoil. |
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[שָׁכֹל, שָׁכַל LagBN 26] verb be bereaved (= Arabic [untranscribed source text 5530] ᵑ7 תְּכוֺל, תְּכֵל; compare Syriac [untranscribed source text 5531] loss of children); —
מְשַׁכֶּ֫לֶת according to. Thes noun feminine abstract barrenness, 2Kgs 2:21 (|| מָוֶת); if so, read < כֹּלֶת- Klo Kit; but probably Pi`el Participle as 2Kgs 2:19, compare Bur.
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke