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šakkūl שַׁכּוּל ‘childless’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from šāxōl שָׁכֹל ‘be bereaved / barren / barenness’
Roots: שׁכול

šakkūl adj
1) childless (through bereavement)
2) bereaved, robbed of offspring

Mentioned in 2 Samuel 17:8 Jeremiah 18:21 Hosea 13:8 Proverbs 17:12 Song of Songs 4:2, 6:6

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