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title: סָכָל — fool · The Tanakh dictionary
description: סָכָל (5530), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: fool. BDB 1906: n.m. fool. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# סָכָל

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«סָכָל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **fool** — 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:** 7 times · **Key:** 5530 · **BDB:** סָכָל

### Glosses

fool (3); a.fool (2); \[is\].a.fool (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

fool [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5530/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. fool [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5530/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. fool (on format. cf. LagBN 48);—Je 5:21; Ec 2:19; 7:17; 10:3(×2), 14; pl. adj. סְכָלִים Je 4:22.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 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 «סָכָל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5530/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ecclesiastes 7:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.7.17/)

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אַל־תִּרְשַׁ֥ע הַרְבֵּ֖ה וְאַל־תְּהִ֣י סָכָ֑ל לָ֥מָּה תָמ֖וּת בְּלֹ֥א עִתֶּֽךָ׃

*Word for word:* do.not be.wicked greatly and do.not be a.fool why? will.you.die at not time your

*JPS 1917:* Be not overmuch wicked, neither be thou foolish; why shouldest thou die before thy time?

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[Ecclesiastes 10:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.10.3/)

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וְגַם־בַּדֶּ֛רֶךְ כְּשֶׁסָּכָ֥להֹלֵ֖ךְ לִבּ֣וֹ חָסֵ֑ר וְאָמַ֥ר לַכֹּ֖ל סָכָ֥ל הֽוּא׃

*Word for word:* and also on the way when a fool \[is\].walking heart his he.lacks and he.says to (the) everyone \[is\].a.fool he

*JPS 1917:* Yea also, when a fool walketh by the way, his understanding faileth him, and he saith to every one that he is a fool.

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