סָכָל
sa.khal
“fool”
Definition
silly
from H5528 (סָכַל);
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Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
סָכָל appears 6 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Even as the fool walks along the road, his sense is lacking,and he shows everyone that he is a fool.
Yet the fool multiplies words.No one knows what is coming,and who can tell him what will come after him?
And who knows whether that man will be wise or foolish? Yet he will take over all the labor at which I have worked skillfully under the sun. This too is futile.
Do not be excessively wicked, and do not be a fool. Why should you die before your time?
“For My people are fools;they have not known Me.They are foolish children,without understanding.They are skilled in doing evil,but they know not how to do good.”
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