Lexical Definition

‎מִסְכֵּן‎ miçkên (mis-kane') poor ^H:A
from ‎סִכְלוּת‎

poor (man).

• indigent

1) poor, poor man

See Greek: πένης

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מִסְכֵּן‎ adjective poor, only Ecclesiastes (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic id.; PS²⁶³²; Arabic ; Ethiopic Di³⁸²; √ dubious; usually derived from III. ‎סכן‎ q. v.; perhaps loan-word; according to Jen^{ZA iv (1889), 271 f} Zim^{ib. vii (1892), 353} = Assyrian muškênu, beggar, needy one); — always absolute ‎׳‎‎מ‎: — ‎וְחָכָם‎ ‎׳‎‎יֶלֶד מ‎ Eccl 4:13 (opposed to ‎מֶלֶח זֶקֵן וּכְסִיל‎); ‎חָכָם‎ ‎׳‎‎אִישׁ מ‎ Eccl 9:15, ‎׳‎‎הָאִישׁ הַמּ‎ vEccl 9:15 as substantive ‎׳‎‎הַמּ‎ vEccl 9:16 the poor man.

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