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Aramaic
Verb
מסכן • (transliteration needed)
- to be poor
Hebrew
Etymology
Used in the Bible (Ecclesiastes 9:15). Compare Aramaic (see for example the Targum of the word עני in Deut. 24:12). From Akkadian 𒈦𒆕𒂗 (muškēnum, “beggar, needy, indigent; class of people dependent or reliant on others, unable to provide supplies on their own; commoner”).
Adjective
מִסְכֵּן • (miskén)
- unfortunate
Adjective
מְסֻכָּן • (m'sukan)
- defective spelling of מסוכן