1. bereaved (deprived of offspring) — An adjective describing one who has been deprived of children or young, whether through death, miscarriage, or barrenness. All 6 occurrences carry the same core meaning of loss of offspring, applied to both humans and animals (e.g., a bereaved bear in 2 Sam 17:8, Hos 13:8). The split between masculine/feminine and conjunctive forms is purely grammatical inflection, not semantic distinction. Multilingual evidence confirms a single sense: eng 'bereaved / and bereaved,' spa 'sin hijos / y privada de cría,' hin शोकित / और बाँझ, arb مُثكَلٍ / وِ شَكُلَّه, kor 자녀 잃은 / 그리고 잃은 자, swa waliofiwa na watoto / na aliyeharibika. 6×
AR["ثاكِلٌ","مَحْرُومَاتٍ","مَسْلوبَةِ-الْأَوْلادِ","مُثكَلٍ","وِ-شَكُلَّه"]·ben["এবং-বন্ধ্যা","শাবক-হারা","শাবক-হারানো","শিশুহারা","সন্তানহারা"]·DE["[שכלות]","bereaved","kinderlos","und-kinderlos"]·EN["and-bereaved","bereaved"]·FR["[שכלות]","et-privée-de-petit","privé","privé-d'enfants","privé-de-petit"]·heb["ו-שכולה","שכול","שכולות"]·HI["और-बाँझ","जिसके-बच्चे-छीने-गए","बच्चा-खोयी","बच्चे-छीनी-हुई","शोकित"]·ID["dan-yang-kehilangan-anak","kehilangan-anak","yang-kehilangan-anak"]·IT["[שכול]","[שכלות]","bereaved","e-e-bereaved","privato"]·jav["ingkang-kecalan-anak","kang-kelangan-anak","kélangan-anak","lan-kang-kelangan-anak","lan-randha,"]·KO["그리고-잃은-자","새끼-빼앗긴","새끼-잃은","새끼를-잃은","자녀-잃은"]·PT["desfilhadas","e-estéril","privado-de-filhos","roubada-de-filhotes"]·RU["бездетными","и-бездетная","и-бездетной","лишённая-детёнышей","осиротевшей","осиротевший"]·ES["privada-de-crías","privada-de-sus-crías","robada-de-crías","sin-hijos","y-ninguna-de-ellas","y-privada-de-cría"]·SW["aliyenyanganywa-watoto","aliyenyimwa-watoto","aliyeporwa-watoto","na-aliyeharibika","waliofiwa-na-watoto"]·TR["evlatsız","ve-kisir","yavruları-alınmış","yavrusunu-kaybetmiş","yavrusuz-kalmış"]·urd["اور-بی-اولاد","بچوں-سے-محروم","بے-اولاد"]
Senses
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† 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.