Misken (מסכן) means poor in Hebrew.
It can also mean mesquinho. It is an adjective, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
poor, mesquinho
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives 2 meanings for Misken.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1לשון המקראאדם חסר אמצעים לפרנס את עצמו או את משפחתו.
וּמָצָא בָהּ אִישׁ מִסְכֵּן חָכָם, וּמִלַּט (וּמִלא)־הוּא אֶת־הָעִיר בְּחָכְמָתוֹ; וְאָדָם לֹא זָכַר, אֶת־הָאִישׁ הַמִּסְכֵּן הַהוּא.
- 2אדם במצב מעורר רחמים, בגין צרה או מצוקה שפקדוהו.
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Misken is an adjective.
- Written with vowel points
- מִסְכֵּן
- Written without vowel points
- מסכן
- Said
- misken
- Root
- ס־כ־נ
- Pattern
- מִקְטֵל
- Plural
- מִסְכֵּנִים
- Feminine form
- מִסְכֵּנָה
- Inflections
- נ' מִסְכֵּנָה; ר' מִסְכֵּנִים
- Gematria
- 170
This is how Misken is said in other languages.
- English
- poor, mesquinho
- Yiddish
- ארעמאן
These words mean nearly the same as Misken.
- אביוןpauper
- דך
- דל
- מך
- עני
- רש
- אומלל
- חדל אישים
- חסר מזל
- מוזנח
- נטוש
- עלובmiserable
- עלוב נפש
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These words mean the opposite of Misken.
These words rhyme with Misken.
The word Misken is part of these phrases and sayings.
- ערי מסכנות
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
The word Misken comes from the root ס־כ־נ, like these words.
These words come before and after Misken in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Misken.
What does Misken (מסכן) mean in Hebrew?
Misken (מסכן) means poor and mesquinho. It is said misken, with the stress on ken.
What is a synonym for Misken (מסכן)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Misken (מסכן) are אביון, דך, דל, מך, עני, and רש.
What is the opposite of Misken (מסכן)?
Words that mean the opposite of Misken (מסכן) are אמיד, גביר, and עשיר.
What rhymes with Misken (מסכן)?
Words that rhyme with Misken (מסכן) include בן, שן, זקן, התקן, כן, and מאפיין.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry מסכן of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.