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title: מַכְשֵׁלָה — overthrown mass · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַכְשֵׁלָה (4384), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: overthrown mass. BDB 1906: n.f. overthrown mass stumbling-block. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַכְשֵׁלָה

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«מַכְשֵׁלָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **overthrown mass** — 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:** 4384 · **BDB:** מַכְשֵׁלָה

### Glosses

of.ruins (1); stumbling-blocks (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

overthrown mass [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4384/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. overthrown mass stumbling-block [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4384/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. 1. overthrown mass. 2. stumbling-block;— fig. of kingdom Is 3:6. pl. הַמַּכְשֵׁלוֹת Zp 1:3 stumbling-blocks = idols (cf. מִכְשׁוֹל 2 c), but rather dub.; We thinks a gloss. Schwally ZAW x. (1890), 169 reads וְכִשַּׁלְתִּי and I will cause the wicked to stumble.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַכְשֵׁלָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4384/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 3:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.3.6/)

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כִּֽי־יִתְפֹּ֨שׂ אִ֤ישׁ בְּאָחִיו֙ בֵּ֣ית אָבִ֔יו שִׂמְלָ֣ה לְכָ֔ה קָצִ֖ין תִּֽהְיֶה־לָּ֑נוּ וְהַמַּכְשֵׁלָ֥ה הַזֹּ֖את תַּ֥חַת יָדֶֽךָ׃

*Word for word:* (dm) he.will.seize a.person (in) brother his the.house his.father his a.cloak \[belongs\].to you a.ruler you.will.be our and the.heap of.ruins (the) this \[will.be\].under hand your

*JPS 1917:* For a man shall take hold of his brother of the house of his father: 'Thou hast a mantle, be thou our ruler, and let this ruin be under thy hand.'

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[Zephaniah 1:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEP.1.3/)

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אָסֵ֨ף אָדָ֜ם וּבְהֵמָ֗ה אָסֵ֤ף עוֹף־הַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙ וּדְגֵ֣י הַיָּ֔ם וְהַמַּכְשֵׁל֖וֹת אֶת־הָרְשָׁעִ֑ים וְהִכְרַתִּ֣י אֶת־הָאָדָ֗ם מֵעַ֛ל פְּנֵ֥י הָאֲדָמָ֖ה נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* I.will.bring.to.an.end human.being and animal I.will.bring.to.an.end the.bird\[s\] of the.heavens and the.fish(es) of the.sea and the stumbling-blocks with the.wicked \[people\] and I.will.cut.off (et) (the) humankind from on the.surface of the.ground the.utterance of.Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* I will consume man and beast, I will consume the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumblingblocks with the wicked; and I will cut off man from off the face of the earth, saith the LORD.

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