[נָכַל S 5230 TWOT 1366 GK 5792 ] vb. be crafty, deceitful, knavish (Assyrian
nakâlu , be crafty, cunning; å נְכֵל be crafty , Pa. deceive; Syriac ܢܟܶܠ ( nkel ) deceive, plot; cf. perhaps Amh. ( wanajala ) act faithlessly , ( wanagela ) faithless , Prä Amhar. Spr. 90 ) ; Qal Pt. נֹוכֵל Mal 1:14 knave . Pi. Pf. 3 mpl. c. acc. cogn. נִכְּלוּ לָכֶם נִכְלֵיהֶם אֲשֶׁר Nu 25:18 their wiles with which they beguiled you .
Hithp.
Impf.
וַיִּתְנַכְּלוּ אֹתֹו לַהֲמִיתֹו
Gn 37:18
they knavishly planned
against him (
Kö
iii. 9), etc.;
Inf. cstr.
לְהִתְנַכֵּל בְּ
ψ 105:25
to deal knavishly with
.
[
נֵכֶל
S
5231
TWOT
1366a
GK
5793
]
n.
[
m.
]
wiliness, craft, knavery
;only
pl. sf.
נִכְלֵיהֶם
Nu 25:18
their craft, their wiles
(as
acc. cogn.
c.
נִכֵּל
).
כִּילַי S 3596 TWOT 1366b GK 3964 , כֵּלַי n.m. knave ( for נְכִילַי v. Kö ii . 1, 118
)
;
abs.
כִּילי
Is 32:5
(
opp.
שֹׁועַ
,
||
נָבָל
);
כֵּלַי
v
7
(assonance with
כֵּלָיו
, from
כְּלִי
q.v
.).
[ נֶכֶס S 5233 TWOT 1367 GK 5794 ] n.m. Jos 22:8 only pl. נְכָסִים riches, treasures ( prob. Assyrian or Aramaic loan-word, cf. Assyrian nikâsu , property, wealth, gain , Dl HWB 463, Syriac ܢܶܟܣܶܐ ( nekse ) wealth; Jos 22:8 ( P ), 2 Ch 1:11 , 12 Ec 6:2 (all || עֹשֶׁר , כָּבֹוד ), 5:18 ( || עֹשֶׁר ) ) .
I. [
נָכַר S 5234 TWOT 1368, 1368d GK 5795, 5796 ] vb. (not Qal regard, recognize ( NH Hiph. know, be acquainted with; å Aph. id.; Syriac Aph. ܐܰܟܰܪ ( ˒akar ) id.; cf. also Arabic نَكِرَ ( nakira ) in sense be shrewd , appar. rare, cf. نُكْرٌ ( nukrun ) cunning
åÑ Targum. Prä F. Prätorius, Amharische Sprache; Kö E. König, Heb. Gram.
Inf. Infinitive. Dl Freidrich Delitzsch, Assyriches Handwörterbuch; NH New (Late) Hebrew.