סָכַל
sa.khal
1. to be foolish, be a fool
a. (Piel) to make foolish, turn into foolishness
b. (Niphal) to act or do foolishly
c. (Hiphil) to do foolishly, play the fool
Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)
Translated as (BSB)
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Concordance 8 verses
- Genesis 31:28 הִסְכַּ֥לְתָּֽ
But you did not even let me kiss my grandchildren and my daughters goodbye. Now you have done a foolish thing.
- 1 Samuel 13:13 נִסְכָּ֑לְתָּ
“You have acted foolishly,” Samuel declared. “You have not kept the command that the LORD your God gave you; if you had, the LORD would have established your kingdom over Israel for all time.
- 1 Samuel 26:21 הִסְכַּ֛לְתִּי
Then Saul replied, “I have sinned. Come back, David my son. I will never harm you again, because today you considered my life precious. I have played the fool and have committed a grave error!”
- 2 Samuel 15:31 סַכֶּל־
Now someone told David: “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” So David pleaded, “O LORD, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!”
- 2 Samuel 24:10 נִסְכַּ֖לְתִּי
After David had numbered the troops, his conscience was stricken and he said to the LORD, “I have sinned greatly in what I have done. Now, O LORD, I beg You to take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.”
- 1 Chronicles 21:8 נִסְכַּ֖לְתִּי
Then David said to God, “I have sinned greatly because I have done this thing. Now I beg You to take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.”
- 2 Chronicles 16:9 נִסְכַּ֣לְתָּ
For the eyes of the LORD roam to and fro over all the earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose hearts are fully devoted to Him. You have acted foolishly in this matter. From now on, therefore, you will be at war.”
- Isaiah 44:25 יְשַׂכֵּֽל׃
who foils the signs of false prophets and makes fools of diviners, who confounds the wise and turns their knowledge into nonsense,
