כָּסַל

«כָּסַל» in the Tanakh dictionary: be stupid — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

Used: 1 times · Key: 3688 · BDB: כָּסַל

Glosses

they.are.foolish (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

be stupid tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. become stupid tree →

The whole BDB entry

vb. be or become stupid (NH Aramaic in deriv.; Arabic كَسِلَ be sluggish, so N Syriac in deriv.; orig. meaning possibly thick, plump, fat; hence in good sense: כְּסָלִים, loins, כֶּסֶל, כִּסְלָה confidence; in bad sense: כֶּסֶל, כִּסְלָה, כְּסִילוּת stupidity, folly, כְּסִיל stupid fellow)— Impf. יִכְסָ֑לוּ they become stupid Je 10:8 (‖ יִבְעֲרוּ they become brutish).

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

Trees and pragmatics

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

In the verses

Jeremiah 10:8

וּבְאַחַ֖ת יִבְעֲר֣וּ וְיִכְסָ֑לוּ מוּסַ֥ר הֲבָלִ֖ים עֵ֥ץ הֽוּא׃

Word for word: and in one they.are.stupid and they.are.foolish [the].correction of.futilities [is].wood it

JPS 1917: But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the vanities by which they are instructed are but a stock;

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