שְׁקַעְרוּרָה

shekarura · hollow, depression

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H8258 · appears 1 time in the Bible

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What it means

shekarura (שְׁקַעְרוּרָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “hollow, depression”.

A hollow or sunken part in a wall. It appears only in Leviticus 14:37.

How to say it

she·ka·ru·ra

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. Spots that look sunken below the rest of a wall.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • Leviticus 14:37

    He shall examine the mark, and if the mark in the walls of the house is greenish or reddish hollows, and they appear lower than the wall,