An adjective describing someone who has lost children, appearing in Isaiah 49:21 where personified Zion expresses shock at seeing numerous returning children. She asks, 'Who bore me these? I was bereaved and barren.' The feminine singular form (שְׁכוּלָה) emphasizes Zion's personal experience of loss. The term specifically denotes bereavement—not natural barrenness but loss of children who once lived. This makes the restoration imagery even more dramatic: the bereaved mother suddenly finds herself surrounded by offspring she didn't know existed. The adjective captures the trauma of exile expressed through maternal loss imagery.