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שׁקץ ( of foll.; cf. Assyrian šikṣu , impurity, blemish ; NH Pi. שִׁקֵּץ , Aramaic Pa. שַׁקֵּץ detest , are denom.; RS JPhil. xvi.71 ff. conj. original meaning let fall, throw away , cf. Arabic سَقَطَ ( saqaṭa ) fall, drop down , but very dubious ) .

שֶׁ֫קֶץ S 8263 TWOT 2459a GK 9211 n.m. Lv 7:21 detestation, detestable thing ;— שׁ׳ of the ceremonially unclean Lv 7:21 ; creatures forbidden as food: water animals without fins or sclaes 11:10 , 11 , 12 , birds of prey, etc., v 1 3, winged creeping things v 2 0, 23 , creeping vermin v 4 1, 42 (all P ), cf. Is 66:17 ( + בְּשַׂר הַחֲזִיר , הָעַכְבָּר ); v. RS Sem . i. 275, 2nd ed. 293; K 309 f., 2nd ed. 311 f. Ez 8:10 read prob. שִׁקּוּצִים , v. שִׁקּוּץ .

[ שִׁקֵּץ S 8262 TWOT 2459 GK 9210 ] vb. Pi. denom. detest, make detestable ;— Pf. 3 ms. שִׁקַּץ ψ 22:25 ; Impf. 2 mpl. תְּשַׁקְּצוּ Lv 11:13 +, etc.; Inf. abs. שַׁקֵּץ Dt 7:26 ;— 1. detest , c. acc. rei Dt 7:26 ( Impf. + Inf. abs .; || תַּעֵב תְּתַעֲבֶנּוּ ), Lv 11:11 , 13 ( P ); || בָּזָה ψ 22:25 . 2. make detestable , obj. נַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶם ( = reflex.) Lv 11:43 (P), 20:25 ( H ).

שִׁקּוּץ S 8251 TWOT 2459b GK 9199 , שִׁקֻּץ S 8263 TWOT 2459b GK 9211 n.m. Dn 11:31 detested thing ;— abs. שִׁקּוּץ Dn 1 1 ;3 1; 12:11 , cstr. שִׁקֻּץ 1 K 11:5 +; pl. שִׁקּוּצִים 2 Ch 15: 8, שִׁקֻּצִים 2 K 23:2 4; cstr. שִׁקּוּצֵי Ez 20: 7, 8 ; sf. שִׁקּוּצֵיהֶם Je 16:18 +, etc.— detested thing , epith. of Isr. Ho 9:10 ( si vera l. ; not elsewhere bef. Dt); of filth Na 3:6 ; appar. of unclean food Zc 9:7 (as שֶׁקֶץ ); of idols (often || תּוֹעֵבָה , גִּלּוּל , etc.), Dt 29:16 2 K 23:1 3, 24 Is 66:3 Je 4: 1; 7:30 = 32:3 4, 13:27 ; 16:18 Ez 5:1 1; 7:20 ; 11:18 , 21 ; 20:7 , 8 , 30 ; 37:23 ; of idolatrous practices Dn 9:27 , but read prob. as 11:31 (so G Θ ), and כַּנּוֹ for כנף (v. D r); שׁ׳ (םְ)שֹׁמֵם 11:3 1; 12:11 detested thing causing horror is the heathen altar erected in temple by Ant. Epiph., with (prob.) a statue of Zeus Olympios = ( Ph. )

RS W. Robertson Smith.

JPhil. Journal of Philology (Engl.).

K E. Kautzsch (in B. Aram. Appendix).


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