כָּשַׁל
ka.shal
“to stumble”
Definition
to totter or waver (through weakness of the legs, especially the ankle); by implication, to falter, stumble, faint or fall
a primitive root;
- to stumble, stagger, totter 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to stumble 1a2) to totter 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to stumble 1b2) to be tottering, be feeble 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to cause to stumble, bring injury or ruin to, overthrow 1c2) to make feeble, make weak 1d) (Hophal) to be made to stumble 1e) (Piel) bereave
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Occurrences
כָּשַׁל appears 51 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
The bows of the mighty are broken,but the feeble are equipped with strength.
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Like the blind, we feel our way along the wall,groping like those without eyes.We stumble at midday as in the twilight;among the vigorous we are like the dead.
They continue to stumble;indeed, they have fallen over one another.They say, ‘Get up! Let us return to our peopleand to the land of our birth,away from the sword of the oppressor.’
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