מסכן
Aramaic edit
Verb edit
מסכן • (transliteration needed)
- 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)
Adjective edit
מְסֻכָּן • (m'sukan)