שָׁכֹלshâkôl

Meanings

Same root

• שְׁכוֹלshᵉkôwl · H7908bereavement
• שַׁכּוּלshakkûwl · H7909bereaved
• שִׁכֻּלִיםshikkulîym · H7923childlessness (by continued bereavements)

Where it appears

Appears 23 times in the Bible.

• Genesis 27:45 When he calms down and forgets what you have done to him, I will send for you to come back. Why should I lose both of you in one day?”
• Genesis 31:38 “For twenty years I have been with you, caring for your flocks. In all that time your sheep and goats never miscarried. In all those years I never used a single ram of yours for food.
• Genesis 42:36 Jacob exclaimed, “You are robbing me of my children! Joseph is gone! Simeon is gone! And now you want to take Benjamin, too. Everything is going against me!”
• Genesis 43:14 May God Almighty give you mercy as you go before the man, so that he will release Simeon and let Benjamin return. But if I must lose my children, so be it.”
• Exodus 23:26 There will be no miscarriages or infertility in your land, and I will give you long, full lives.
• Leviticus 26:22 I will send wild animals that will rob you of your children and destroy your livestock. Your numbers will dwindle, and your roads will be deserted.