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כְּסִיל

«כְּסִיל» in the Tanakh dictionary: stupid fellow — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 70 times · Key: 3684 · BDB: כְּסִיל

Glosses

a.fool (27); of.fools (16); of.a.fool (8)

Meaning (OSHB)

stupid fellow tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. stupid fellow, dullard, fool tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.m. stupid fellow, dullard, fool;—כ׳ ψ 49:11 + 44 times; pl. כְּסִילִים ψ 94:8 + 25 times;—‖ בער ψ 49:11; 92:7; 94:8, elsewhere only in WisdLt; he hates knowledge Pr 1:22; delights not in understanding 18:2; it is his sport to do mischief 10:23; his heart proclaimeth אִוֶּלֶת 12:23; his mouth poureth it forth 15:2, and feedeth on it 15:14.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 9 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (6 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «כְּסִיל» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Proverbs 3:35

כָּ֭בוֹד חֲכָמִ֣ים יִנְחָ֑לוּ וּ֝כְסִילִ֗ים מֵרִ֥ים קָלֽוֹן׃פ

Word for word: honor wise.[people] they.will.inherit and fools [is].lifting.up shame

JPS 1917: The wise shall inherit honour; but as for the fools, they carry away shame.

Proverbs 8:5

הָבִ֣ינוּ פְתָאיִ֣ם עָרְמָ֑ה וּ֝כְסִילִ֗ים הָבִ֥ינוּ לֵֽב׃

Word for word: understand O.naive.people prudence and O.fools understand heart

JPS 1917: O ye thoughtless, understand prudence, and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.

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