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miskēn מִסְכֵּן ‘poor’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from śixlūt שִׂכְלוּת ‘folly’
Roots: סכלות שׂכלות

miskēn adj
1) poor, poor man

Mentioned in Ecclesiastes 9:15, 9:16, 4:13

2014 — 2026 Institute for Biblical Content. Biblical Hebrew for linguists: a multilingual analytical biblical Hebrew lexicon.
Editorial Lead of the English section: M. Hardy (ENS, IBC).
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