כֶּסֶל

«כֶּסֶל» in the Tanakh dictionary: loins — 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: 6 times · Key: lemma:כֶּסֶל · BDB: כֶּ֫סֶל

Glosses

confidence (4); stupidity (2)

Meaning (OSHB)

loins tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. 1.loins stupidity confidence tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.m. 1.loins, 2. stupidity, 3. confidence (NH id. loin; Aramaic כִּסְלָא id.);— loins כָּ֑סֶל Jb 15:27; pl. כְּסָלִים Lv 3:4, 10, 15; 4:9; 7:4; sf. כְּסָלַי ψ 38:8. stupidity, folly כ׳ Ec 7:25 (‖ סִכְלוּת), כֵּסֶל ψ 49:14. confidence, sf. כִּסְלִי Jb 31:24; כִּסְלֶ֑ךָ Pr 3:26; כִּסְלוֹ Jb 8:14; כִּסְלָם ψ 78:7.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses (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 «כֶּסֶל» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Job 8:14

אֲשֶׁר־יָק֥וֹט כִּסְל֑וֹ וּבֵ֥ית עַ֝כָּבִ֗ישׁ מִבְטַחֽוֹ׃

Word for word: who it.snaps confidence his and [is.the].house of.a.spider of.confidence his.object

JPS 1917: Whose confidence is gossamer, and whose trust is a spider's web.

Job 31:24

אִם־שַׂ֣מְתִּי זָהָ֣ב כִּסְלִ֑י וְ֝לַכֶּ֗תֶם אָמַ֥רְתִּי מִבְטַחִֽי׃

Word for word: if I.have.made gold confidence my and to (the) gold I.have.said of.confidence my.object

JPS 1917: If I have made gold my hope, and have said to the fine gold: 'Thou art my confidence';

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