H5528

סָכַל

sa.khalH:V

be foolish

1) to be foolish, be a fool 1a) (Piel) to make foolish, turn into foolishness 1b) (Niphal) to act or do foolishly 1c) (Hiphil) to do foolishly, play the fool

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

[סָכַל] verb be foolish, or a fool, usually in moral or spititual sense (Syriac Aph`el act foolishly; foolish, etc., ᵑ7 סְכַל derived species, act foolishly; סַכְלָא fool; Christian-Palestinian Aramaic , Aph`el = ἁμαρτάνω, also derivatives Schw^{Idioticon 62}; Assyrian saklu, perhaps foolish, Dl^{HWB 498}; Aramaic סְכַל know, be intelligent, cause to understand, etc. (derived species), compare שׂכל; Mei^{Chrest. Targ.} derives both these opposite meanings from Arabic form, likeness. Gerber¹⁷⁸ thinks Hebrew verb denominative); —

Piel Imperfect יְסַכֵּל Isa 44:25, Imperative סַכֶּלנָֿא 2Sam 15:31, make foolish, turn into foolishness. Niph`al Perfect 2 masculine singular נִסְכַּלְתָּ 2Chr 16:9 נִסְכָּ֑לְתָּ 1Sam 13:13 1 singular נִסְכַּלְתִּי 2Sam 24:10 = 1Chr 21:8, act or do foolishly. Hiph`il Perfect 2 masculine singular הִסְכַּלְתָּ Gen 31:28 (E), 1 singular הִסְכַּלְתִּי 1Sam 26:21, do foolishly, play the fool.

6 occurrences

Genesis (1), I Samuel (2), II Samuel (1), I Chronicles (1), II Chronicles (1)