H4384

מַכְשֵׁלָה

makh.she.lahH:N-F

ruins

1) overthrown mass, stumbling-block, something overthrown, decay, ruin 1a) thing overthrown (figurative of kingdom) 1b) stumbling-block (of idols)

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

מַכְשֵׁלָה

noun feminine 1. overthrown mass.
2. stumbling-block; —
1. figurative of kingdom Isa 3:6.
2. plural הַמַּכְשֵׁלוֺת Zeph 1:3 stumbling-blocks=idols (compare מִכְשׁוֺל 2 c), but rather dubious; We thinks a gloss. SchwZAW x. (1890), 169 reads וְכִשַּׁלְתִּי and I will cause the wicked to stumble.


2 occurrences

Isaiah (1), Zephaniah (1)