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סָקַל

çâqal · H5619 · Hebrew · 22 occurrences

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Meanings

  1. to pelt

    Causative action by which humans throw stones at other humans

    Examples

    2 Samuel 16:6 He also threw stones at David and all the servants of King David; and all the people and all the warriors were on his right and on his left.

    2 Samuel 16:13 So David and his men went on the road; and Shimei kept going on the hillside close beside him, and as he went he cursed and threw stones and dirt at him.

  2. to clear of stones

    Causative action by which humans remove stones from a field or road

    Examples

    Isaiah 5:2 He dug it all around, cleared it of stones, And planted it with the choicest vine. And He built a tower in the middle of it, And also carved out a wine vat in it; Then He expected it to produce good grapes, But it produced only worthless ones.

    Isaiah 62:10 Go through, go through the gates, Clear a way for the people! Build up, build up the highway, Remove the stones, lift up a flag over the peoples.

  3. to stone

    Causative action by which humans kill other humans or animals by throwing rocks at them until they die

    Examples

    Exodus 17:4 So Moses cried out to the LORD, saying, “What am I to do with this people? A little more and they will stone me!”

    Exodus 19:13 ‘No hand shall touch him, but he shall certainly be stoned or shot through; whether animal or person, the violator shall not live.’ When the ram’s horn sounds a long blast, they shall come up to the mountain.”

    Exodus 21:28 “Now if an ox gores a man or a woman to death, the ox shall certainly be stoned and its flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall go unpunished.

How it’s used In 6 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

20 occurrences in 8 groups

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

12 occurrences in 7 groups

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

9 occurrences in 3 groups

With adverbsAdverbs

1 occurrences in 1 groups

What is done to itIt is the object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

1 occurrences in 1 groups

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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In the other Testament 1 word
λιθοβολέω lithoboléō · G3036 · to stone to death
Greek λιθοβολέω specifically denotes the act of throwing stones, particularly in execution contexts, and directly renders Hebrew סָקַל’s core sense of stoning, reflecting genuine translation equivalence across both judicial and hostile stoning passages.
Semantic domains 2 entries
Move002002001012
One attested sense, the physical act of casting or throwing stones, as when the people threaten to stone Moses in their frustration in the wilderness.
Dead002001001018
Another attested sense, to execute by stoning, as in the repeated legal formula that a goring ox, and its owner if warned, shall be put to death by stoning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H5619. saqal [סָקַל] verb stone, put to death by stoning, also ( Pi`el) free from stones…
H5619. saqal
[סָקַל] verb stone, put to death by stoning, also (
Pi`el) free from stones (appears like denominative, but noun unknown; Late Hebrew סְקִילָא execution by stoning); —
Qal Perfect2masculine singular suffix וּסְקַלְתּוֺ consecutive Deu 13:11; Deu 13:3masculine plural suffix וּסְקָלֻנִי consecutive Exo 17:4; Exo 17:2masculine plural וּסְקַלְתֶּם consecutive Deu 22:24, etc.; Imperfect3masculine plural יִסְקְלוּ Jos 7:25, suffix יִסְקְלֻהוּ 1Ki 21:13, etc.; Imperative masculine plural suffix מִקְלֻהוּ 1Ki 21:10; Infinitive absolute סָקוֺל Exo 19:13; Exo 21:28; construct suffix סָקְלוֺ 1Sa 30:6; — pelt with stones, stone to death (as penalty) with accusative of person or animal., Exo 8:22; Exo 17:4 (both J E) 1Sa 30:6; 1Ki 21:10, absolute Exo 19:3; Exo 21:28 (JE); with accusative of person + בְּ instrumental בָּאֲבָנִים Deu 13:11; Deu 17:5; Deu 22:21, Deu 22:24; Jos 7:25; 1Ki 21:13.
Niph`al Imperfect3masculine singular יִסָּקֵל be stoned to death Eze 19:13; Eze 21:28; Eze 21:29; Eze 21:32 (JE).
Pi`el Imperfect3masculine singular יְסַקֵּל 2Sa 16:6, 2Sa 16:13, suffix יְסַקְּלֵהוּ Isa 5:2; Imperative masculine plural סַקְּלוּ Isa 62:10; —
1 stone, pelt with stones, with accusative of person + בָּאֲבָנִים 2Sa 16:6, accusative omitted 2Sa 16:13 (|| בֶּעָפָר עִמַּר).
2 free vineyard (accusative) from stones (Ges§ 52h) Isa 5:2; so also 2Sa 4:6, reading participle feminine חִטִּים מְסַקְּלָה lo, the portress was cleansing what from stones (for ח ׳לֹקְּחֵי ᵑ0), so We Dr Bu Kit Löhr HPS, after ᵐ5; (> reading however mostly סֹלְקָה,
Qal Participle); מֵאֶבֶן סַקְּלוּ Isa 62:10 free (highway) from stones.
Pu`al Perfect סֻקַּל be stoned to death 1Ki 21:14-15,. — Not in HP; these and other writings (except above) use synonym רגס, compare BrHexateuch 73.
סַר see סרר.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 2 entries
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Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

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