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H5533A

סָכַן

sa.khanH:V

to endanger

1) to incur danger 1a) (Niphal) to endanger oneself

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

II. סָכַן] verb incur danger (late) (Late Hebrew id. Pi`el endanger, Hiph`il be endangered, סַכָּנָה danger, etc.; Aramaic סְכַן id., compare LevyNHWB iii. 526 f. DeHL und Koheleth 203; Eng. Trans. 194); —

Niph`al Imperfect 3 masculine singular יִסָּכֶןבָּֿם Eccl 10:9 he that cleaveth (logs of) wood endangers himself by them.

III. [סָכַן] verb (so most) be poor, but see below; —

Pu`al Participle הַמְסֻכָּן תְּרוּמָה Isa 40:20 usually, he who is impoverished in respect to offering, but very dubious; see conjectures in Du (against him Di-Kit) Skinner ZimZA ix.111 CheHeb.Hpt. — מִסְכֵּן poor, מִסְכֵּנֻת poverty.

[סִכְסֵךְ] see below IV. שׂכך

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