Lexical Definition

‎שָׁכֹל‎ shâkôl (shaw-kole') be bereaved ^H:V
a primitive root

bereave (of children), barren, cast calf (fruit, young), be (make) childless, deprive, destroy, [idiom] expect, lose children, miscarry, rob of children, spoil.

• properly, to miscarry, i.e. suffer abortion
• by analogy, to bereave (literally or figuratively)

1) to be bereaved, make childless, miscarry
1a) (Qal) to be bereaved
1b) (Piel)
1b1) to make childless
1b2) to cause barrenness, show barrenness or abortion
1b3) to miscarry
1c) (Hiphil) miscarrying (participle)

See Greek: ἀσθενέω · ἄτεκνος · κατεσθίω · τιμωρέω

Extended Information

• barrenness

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎שָׁכֹל‎, ‎שָׁכַל‎ Lag^{BN 26}] verb be bereaved (= Arabic ᵑ7 ‎תְּכוֺל‎, ‎תְּכֵל‎; compare Syriac loss of children); —

Qal Perfect 1 singular ‎כַּאֲשֶׁר שָׁכֹלְתִּי שָׁכָ֑לְתִּי‎ Gen 43:14 (E) if I am bereaved, I am bereaved (of father, expressing resignation; on ‎כָ֑לְ‎ see Ges^{«GKC:29u»§ 29u}); Imperfect 1 singular ‎אֶשְׁכַּל‎ Gen 27:45 (E), with accusative of person be bereaved of you both (of mother); 3 feminine singular ‎תִּשְׁכַּל מִנָּשִׁים אִמֶּ֑ךָ‎ 1Sam 15:33 thy mother shall be bereaved above (more than) women. Pi`el Perfect 3 feminine singular ‎שִׁכְּלָה‎ 1Sam 15:33 +, suffix ‎וְשִׁכְּלָ֑תָּה‎ Ezek 14:15, etc.; Imperfect 3 feminine singular ‎תְּשַׁכֵּל‎ Deut 32:25 +, 2 feminine singular ‎תְּשַׁכְּלִי‎ Ezek 36:14 Qr (see ‎כָּשַׁל‎ Pi`el); Infinitive construct suffix ‎לְשַׁכְּלָם‎ vEzek 36:12 Participle ‎מְשַׁכֵּלָה‎ Exod 23:26, ‎כֶּ֫לֶת‎- Ezek 36:13, ‎כָּ֫לֶת‎- — 2Kgs 2:19; 2Kgs 2:21 —

1. make childless, accusative of father Gen 42:36 (E), of mothers 1Sam 15:33 (subject ‎חֶרֶב‎), compare Ezek 5:17 (subject famine and beasts), and Ezek 14:15 (id.; object land); accusative of people Hos 9:12 (‎מֵאָדָם‎), Jer 15:7 (+ ‎אִבַּתְִּי‎), Ezek 36:12, compare vEzek 36:13 vEzek 36:14 (see above); object omitted (subject ‎חֶרֶב‎) Deut 22:25; Lam 1:20; Ezek 21:19* (Co, for ‎תִּכָּפֵל‎, see ‎כָּפַל‎; otherwise Toy Krae).

2. a. cause barrenness, or abortion, ‎׳‎‎הָאָרֶץ מְשַׁכְּ‎ 2Kgs 2:19, compare v2Kgs 2:21 (Thes otherwise, see ‎׳‎‎מְשׁ‎ infra).
b. shew barrenness, or abortion, (1) of any female Exod 23:26 (E; + ‎עֲקָרָה‎), animals Gen 31:38 (E) Job 21:10 (2) of vine Mal 3:11. Hiph`il Participle ‎רֶהֶם‎ (‎וְשָׁדַיִם צֹמְקִים‎) ‎מַשְׁכִּיל‎ Hos 9:14 miscarrying womb. — Jer 50:9 read ‎מַשְׂכִּיל‎ successful, ᵐ5 ᵑ6 Heb Manuscripts Ew Hi Gf Gie.

‎מְשַׁכֶּ֫לֶת‎ according to. Thes noun feminine abstract barrenness, 2Kgs 2:21 (|| ‎מָוֶת‎); if so, read < ‎כֹּלֶת‎- Klo Kit; but probably Pi`el Participle as v2Kgs 2:19, compare Bur.

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