H5230

נָכַל

na.khalH:V

to plot

1) to be deceitful, be crafty, be knavish 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be knavish 1a2) deceiver (participle) 1b) (Piel) to beguile 1c) (Hithpael) to act craftily, act knavishly, deal knavishly

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

[נָכַל] verb be crafty, deceitful, knavish (Assyrian nakâlu, be crafty, cunning; ᵑ7 נְכֵל be crafty, Pa`el deceive; Syriac deceive, plot; compare perhaps act faithlessly, faithless, Prä^{Amhar. Spr. 90}); —

Qal Participle נוֺכֵל Mal 1:14 knave. Pi`el Perfect 3 masculine plural with accusative of congnate meaning with verb נִכְלֵיהֶם אֲשֶׁר נִכְּלוּ לָכֶם Num 25:18 their wiles with which they beguiled you. Hithpa`el Imperfect וַיִּתְנַכְּלוּ אֹתוֺ לַהֲמִיתוֺ Gen 37:18 they knavishly planned against him (Kö^{iii. 9}), etc.; Infinitive construct לְחִתְנַכֵּל בְ Ps 105:25 to deal knavishly with.

4 occurrences

Genesis (1), Numbers (1), Psalms (1), Malachi (1)