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Bereavement Childlessness

Community Cluster · 12 senses · 9 lemmas

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† [שָׁכֹל, שָׁכַל LagBN 26] vb. be bereaved (= Arabic ثَكِلَ, 𝔗 תְּכוֹל, תְּכֵל; cf. Syriac ܬܟܳܠܴܐ loss of children);— Qal Pf. 1 s. כַּאֲשֶׁר שָׁכֹלְתִּי שָׁכָ֑לְתִּי Gn 43:14 (E) if I am bereaved, I am bereaved (of father, expr. resignation; on כָ֑לְ v. Ges§ 29 u); Impf. 1 s. אֶשְׁכַּל 27:45 (E), c. acc. pers. be bereaved of you both (of mother); 3 fs. תִּשְׁכַּל מִנָּשִׁים אִמֶּ֑ךָ 1 S 15:33 thy mother shall be bereaved above (more than) women. Pi. Pf. 3 fs. שִׁכְּלָה 1 S 15:33 +, sf. וְשִׁכְּלָ֑תָּה Ez 14:15, etc.; Impf. 3 fs. תְּשַׁכֵּל Dt 32:25 +, 2 fs. תְּשַׁכְּלִי Ez 36:14 Qr (v. כָּשַׁל Pi.); Inf. cstr. sf. לְשַׁכְּלָם v 12; Pt. מְשַׁכֵּלָה Ex 23:26, -כֶּ֫לֶת Ez 36:13, -כָּ֑לֶת 2 K 2:19, 21;— 1. make childless, acc. of father Gn 42:36 (E), of mothers 1 S 15:33 (subj. חֶרֶב), cf. Lv 26:22 Ez 5:17 (subj. famine and beasts), and 14:15 (id.; obj. land); acc. of people Ho 9:12 (מֵאָדָם), Je 15:7 (+ אִבַּדְתִּי), Ez 36:12, cf. v 13, 14 (v. supra); obj. om. (subj. חֶרֶב) Dt 32:25; La 1:20; Ez 21:19 (Co, for תִּכָּפֵל, v. כָּפַל p. 495b; otherwise Toy Krae). 2. a. cause barrenness, or abortion, הָאָרֶץ מְשַׁכְּ׳ 2 K 2:19, cf. v 21 (Thes otherwise, v. מְשׁ׳ infra). b. shew abortion, (1) of any female Ex 23:26 (E; + עֲקָרָה), animals Gn 31:38 (E); Jb 21:10; (2) of vine Mal 3:11. Hiph. Pt. רֶחֶם (וְשָׁדַיִם צֹמְקִים) מַשְׁכִּיל Ho 9:14 miscarrying womb.—Je 50:9 read מַשְׂכִּיל successful, 𝔊 𝔖 Heb Codd. Ew Hi Gf Gie.
† שַׁכּוּל adj. bereaved, robbed of offspring (Ba § 37 c);—especially דֹּב שׁ׳ 2 S 17:8; Ho 13:8; Pr 17:12 (sim. of fierceness); נְשֵׁיהֶם שַׁכֻּלוֹת Je 18:21; שַׁבֻּלָה אֵין בָּהֶם Ct 4:2 (of flock, in sim.) = 6:6.
† עֲרִירִי adj. stripped, specif. childless;—ע׳ Gn 15:2 (JE), Je 22:30; pl. עֲרִירִים Lv 20:20, 21 (H).
שְׁכוֹל n.[m.] bereavement, loss of children;—לֹא אֵדַע שׁ׳ Is 47:8 (‖ אַלְמָנָה), cf. v 9; fig. ψ 35:12.
† מְשַׁכֶּ֫לת according to Thes n. f. abstr. miscarriage, 2 K 2:21 (‖ מָוֶת); if so, read כֹּלֶת Klo Kit; but probably Pi. Pt. as v 19, cf. Bur.
ἀπορφᾰνίζω, bereave, τινὰ παιδόςRefs:—passive, to be orphaned, Refs 4th c.BC+; ἀπό τινος ἀ. to be torn away from..,NT
† [שָׁכוּל] adj. childless (through bereavement);—fs. שְׁכוּלָה Is 49:21 (fig. of Zion);—on form v. BaNB 47.
† [שִׁכֻּלִים] n. pl. abstr. bereavement, childlessness;—בְּנֵי שִׁכֻּלָ֑יִךְ Is 49:20 i.e. sons of thee, the bereaved.