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title: כִּסְלָה — trust · The Tanakh dictionary
description: כִּסְלָה (3690), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: trust. BDB 1906: n.f. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# כִּסְלָה

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«כִּסְלָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **trust** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 3690 · **BDB:** כִּסְלָה

### Glosses

confidence (1); folly (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

trust [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3690/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3690/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. (GieZAW i, 1881, 304) ψ 85:9 confidence, sf. כִּסְלָתֶ֑ךָ Jb 4:6; source of confidence ψ 85:9 (read וְאֶל־שָׁבִי לוֹ כ׳ for וְאַל־יָשׁוּבוּ לְכִסְלָה).

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «כִּסְלָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3690/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 4:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.4.6/)

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הֲלֹ֣א יִ֭רְאָתְךָ כִּסְלָתֶ֑ךָ תִּ֝קְוָתְךָ֗ וְתֹ֣ם דְּרָכֶֽיךָ׃

*Word for word:* ? not fear \[is\].your confidence your hope your and the.integrity your.ways your

*JPS 1917:* Is not thy fear of God thy confidence, and thy hope the integrity of thy ways?

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[Psalms 85:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.85.9/)

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אֶשְׁמְעָ֗ה מַה־יְדַבֵּר֮ הָאֵ֪ל ׀ יְה֫וָ֥ה כִּ֤י ׀ יְדַבֵּ֬ר שָׁל֗וֹם אֶל־עַמּ֥וֹ וְאֶל־חֲסִידָ֑יו וְֽאַל־יָשׁ֥וּבוּ לְכִסְלָֽה׃

*Word for word:* I.will.listen.to whatever he.will.say (the) God Yahweh (dm) he.will.speak peace to people his and to his.faithful \[people\] and not let.them.return to folly

*JPS 1917:* I will hear what God the LORD will speak; for He will speak peace unto His people, and to His saints; but let them not turn back to folly.

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