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title: כְּסִיל — stupid fellow · The Tanakh dictionary
description: כְּסִיל (3684), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 70 times: stupid fellow. BDB 1906: n.m. stupid fellow, dullard, fool. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# כְּסִיל

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«כְּסִיל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **stupid fellow** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 70 times · **Key:** 3684 · **BDB:** כְּסִיל

### Glosses

a.fool (27); of.fools (16); of.a.fool (8)

### Meaning (OSHB)

stupid fellow [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3684/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. stupid fellow, dullard, fool [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3684/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. stupid fellow, dullard, fool;—כ׳ ψ 49:11 + 44 times; pl. כְּסִילִים ψ 94:8 + 25 times;—‖ בער ψ 49:11; 92:7; 94:8, elsewhere only in WisdLt; he hates knowledge Pr 1:22; delights not in understanding 18:2; it is his sport to do mischief 10:23; his heart proclaimeth אִוֶּלֶת 12:23; his mouth poureth it forth 15:2, and feedeth on it 15:14.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 9 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «כְּסִיל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3684/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 3:35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.3.35/)

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כָּ֭בוֹד חֲכָמִ֣ים יִנְחָ֑לוּ וּ֝כְסִילִ֗ים מֵרִ֥ים קָלֽוֹן׃פ

*Word for word:* honor wise.\[people\] they.will.inherit and fools \[is\].lifting.up shame

*JPS 1917:* The wise shall inherit honour; but as for the fools, they carry away shame.

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[Proverbs 8:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.8.5/)

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הָבִ֣ינוּ פְתָאיִ֣ם עָרְמָ֑ה וּ֝כְסִילִ֗ים הָבִ֥ינוּ לֵֽב׃

*Word for word:* understand O.naive.people prudence and O.fools understand heart

*JPS 1917:* O ye thoughtless, understand prudence, and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.

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