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title: מִכְשׁוֹל — a stumbling · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִכְשׁוֹל (4383), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 14 times: a stumbling. BDB 1906: n.m. stumbling, means occasion of stumbling, stumbling-block Hoph. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִכְשׁוֹל

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«מִכְשׁוֹל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **a stumbling** — 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:** 14 times · **Key:** 4383 · **BDB:** מִכְשׁוֹל

### Glosses

the.stumbling.block (4); a.stumbling.block (3); stumbling.block (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

a stumbling [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4383/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. stumbling, means occasion of stumbling, stumbling-block Hoph. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4383/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Je 6:21 a stumbling, means or occasion of stumbling, stumbling-block;—מ׳ abs. Is 8:14 + 3 times, מִכְשֹׁל Lv 19:14; cstr. מִכְשׁוֹל 1 S 25:31 + 6 times Ez; pl. מִכְשֹׁלִים Je 6:21 + Ez 21:20 MT (Co al. מֻכְשָׁלִים, v. infr.);— stumbling, צוּר מ׳ Is 8:14 (fig.) a rock of stumbling (i.e. over which one stumbles); lit. הַרְבֵּה הַמִּכְשֹׁלִים Ez 21:20 an abundance of stumblings, falls (si vera l.; 𝔊 οἱ ἀσθενοῦντες, apar. reading pt., cf. Sm; so Co Da (as a possibility), i.e. מֻכְשָׁלִים Hoph. Pt. of כשׁל = those who have stumbled or been overthrown). means, or occasion of stumbling, stumbling-block; lit. Lv 19:14. fig. of misfortune, calamity ψ 119:165; in divine judgment Je 6:21 Ez 3:20, as a hindrance to restoration of people Is 57:14. in ethical sense מ׳ עֲוֹנָם Ez 7:19 a stumbling-block of (i.e. occasioning) their iniquity, so 14:3, 4, 7; 18:30; 44:12 (mostly with ref. to idols). מ׳ לֵב 1 S 25:31 a stumbling-block of heart i.e. ground for remorse.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 14 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מִכְשׁוֹל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4383/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 119:165](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.119.165/)

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שָׁל֣וֹם רָ֭ב לְאֹהֲבֵ֣י תוֹרָתֶ֑ךָ וְאֵֽין־לָ֥מוֹ מִכְשֽׁוֹל׃

*Word for word:* peace great \[belongs\].to \[those.who\].love law (of).your and there.\[was\].not for them a.stumbling.block

*JPS 1917:* Great peace have they that love Thy law; and there is no stumbling for them.

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[Isaiah 57:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.57.14/)

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וְאָמַ֥ר סֹֽלּוּ־סֹ֖לּוּ פַּנּוּ־דָ֑רֶךְ הָרִ֥ימוּ מִכְשׁ֖וֹל מִדֶּ֥רֶךְ עַמִּֽי׃ס

*Word for word:* and someone.will.say cast.up cast.up make.clear \[the\].way lift.up stumbling.block\[s\] from the.way my.people my

*JPS 1917:* And He will say: cast ye up, cast ye up, clear the way, take up the stumblingblock out of the way of My people.

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