Aramaic edit

Verb edit

מסכן (transliteration needed)

  1. to be poor

Hebrew edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

מִסְכֵּן (miskén)

  1. unfortunate

Adjective edit

מְסֻכָּן (m'sukan)

  1. defective spelling of מסוכן