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title: סֶכֶל — folly · The Tanakh dictionary
description: סֶכֶל (5529), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: folly. BDB 1906: n.m. folly. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# סֶכֶל

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«סֶכֶל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **folly** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 5529 · **BDB:** סֶ֫כֶל

### Glosses

folly (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

folly [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5529/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. folly [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5529/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. folly;—Ec 10:6.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «סֶכֶל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5529/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ecclesiastes 10:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.10.6/)

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נִתַּ֣ן הַסֶּ֔כֶל בַּמְּרוֹמִ֖ים רַבִּ֑ים וַעֲשִׁירִ֖ים בַּשֵּׁ֥פֶל יֵשֵֽׁבוּ׃

*Word for word:* it.is.put (the) folly in.(the) high places many and rich.\[people\] in the.low place they.sit

*JPS 1917:* Folly is set on great heights, and the rich sit in low place.

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