סָכָל

«סָכָל» in the Tanakh dictionary: fool — 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: 7 times · Key: 5530 · BDB: סָכָל

Glosses

fool (3); a.fool (2); [is].a.fool (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

fool tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. fool tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.m. fool (on format. cf. LagBN 48);—Je 5:21; Ec 2:19; 7:17; 10:3(×2), 14; pl. adj. סְכָלִים Je 4:22.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

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

In the verses

Ecclesiastes 7:17

אַל־תִּרְשַׁ֥ע הַרְבֵּ֖ה וְאַל־תְּהִ֣י סָכָ֑ל לָ֥מָּה תָמ֖וּת בְּלֹ֥א עִתֶּֽךָ׃

Word for word: do.not be.wicked greatly and do.not be a.fool why? will.you.die at not time your

JPS 1917: Be not overmuch wicked, neither be thou foolish; why shouldest thou die before thy time?

Ecclesiastes 10:3

וְגַם־בַּדֶּ֛רֶךְ כְּשֶׁסָּכָ֥להֹלֵ֖ךְ לִבּ֣וֹ חָסֵ֑ר וְאָמַ֥ר לַכֹּ֖ל סָכָ֥ל הֽוּא׃

Word for word: and also on the way when a fool [is].walking heart his he.lacks and he.says to (the) everyone [is].a.fool he

JPS 1917: Yea also, when a fool walketh by the way, his understanding faileth him, and he saith to every one that he is a fool.

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