◄ 5530. sakal ►
Lexicon
sakal: To be prudent, to act wisely, to prosper, to have success

Original Word: סָכָל
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: cakal
Pronunciation: sah-kal'
Phonetic Spelling: (saw-kawl')
KJV: fool(-ish), sottish
NASB: fool, foolish, stupid
Word Origin: [from H5528 (סָכַל - acted foolishly)]

1. silly

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
foolish, sottish

From cakal; silly -- fool(-ish), sottish.

see HEBREW cakal

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from sakal
Definition
a fool
NASB Translation
fool (5), foolish (1), stupid (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
סָכָל noun masculine fool (on formation compare LagBN 48): — Jeremiah 5:21; Ecclesiastes 2:19; Ecclesiastes 7:17; Ecclesiastes 10:3 (twice in verse); Ecclesiastes 10:14; plural adjective סְכָלִים Jeremiah 4:22.

Forms and Transliterations
וְהַסָּכָ֖ל והסכל כְּשֶׁסָּכָ֥ל כשסכל סְכָלִים֙ סָכָ֑ל סָכָ֔ל סָכָ֖ל סָכָ֥ל סכל סכלים kə·šes·sā·ḵāl kəšessāḵāl keshessaChal sā·ḵāl saChal sāḵāl sə·ḵā·lîm sechaLim səḵālîm vehassaChal wə·has·sā·ḵāl wəhassāḵāl
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Englishman's Concordance
Ecclesiastes 2:19
HEB: יִהְיֶה֙ א֣וֹ סָכָ֔ל וְיִשְׁלַט֙ בְּכָל־
NAS: or a fool? Yet he will have control over
KJV: whether he shall be a wise [man] or a fool? yet shall he have rule
INT: become or foolish over all

Ecclesiastes 7:17
HEB: וְאַל־ תְּהִ֣י סָכָ֑ל לָ֥מָּה תָמ֖וּת
NAS: wicked and do not be a fool. Why
KJV: wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die
INT: nay not be a fool Why die

Ecclesiastes 10:3
HEB: [כְּשֶׁהַסָּכָל כ] (כְּשֶׁסָּכָ֥ל ק) הֹלֵ֖ךְ
NAS: when the fool walks
KJV: [him], and he saith to every one [that] he [is] a fool.
INT: Even the road the fool walks his sense

Ecclesiastes 10:3
HEB: וְאָמַ֥ר לַכֹּ֖ל סָכָ֥ל הֽוּא׃
NAS: to everyone [that] he is a fool.
KJV: Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh
INT: demonstrates to everyone the fool he

Ecclesiastes 10:14
HEB: וְהַסָּכָ֖ל יַרְבֶּ֣ה דְבָרִ֑ים
NAS: Yet the fool multiplies words.
KJV: A fool also is full of words:
INT: the fool multiplies words

Jeremiah 4:22
HEB: יָדָ֔עוּ בָּנִ֤ים סְכָלִים֙ הֵ֔מָּה וְלֹ֥א
NAS: They know Me not; They are stupid children
KJV: they have not known me; they [are] sottish children,
INT: know children are stupid like no

Jeremiah 5:21
HEB: זֹ֔את עַ֥ם סָכָ֖ל וְאֵ֣ין לֵ֑ב
NAS: this, O foolish and senseless
KJV: Hear now this, O foolish people,
INT: likewise people foolish and without understanding

7 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 5530
7 Occurrences


kə·šes·sā·ḵāl — 1 Occ.
sā·ḵāl — 4 Occ.
sə·ḵā·lîm — 1 Occ.
wə·has·sā·ḵāl — 1 Occ.

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