only
Pt.
והיו מֻכְשָׁלִים לְפָנֶיךָ
Je 18:23
either
and let them be ones who have stumbled before thee
, i.e. regard them as such (
Hi Gf V
B), or
and let them be ones overthrown before thee
(
Gie
; so
Qr
according to
Gf
). So also in
Ez 21:20
according to
Co
,
cf.
Sm Da
(
MT
מִכְשֹׁלִים
,
v.
מִכְשׁוֹל
).
•
כַשִּׁיל
S
3781
TWOT
1050a
GK
4172
n.
[
m.
]
axe
(
according to
Vrss
and context;
NH
id.;
å
Je 46:2
2; prob. from
felling;
Aramaic loan-word according to
Frä
74; but word not common in Aramaic
)
—
בְּכ׳ וְכֵילַפֹּות יַהֲלֹמוּן
ψ 74:6
.
•
כִּשָּׁלֹון
n.
[
m.
]
astumbling
;
fig. =
calamity
Pr 16:18
.
•
מִכְשֹׁול
S
4383
TWOT
1050c
GK
4842
n.m.
Je 6:21
a stumbling, means
or
occasion of stumbling, stumbling-block
;—
מ׳
abs.
Is 8:14
+
3 times,
מִכְשֹׁל
Lv 19:14
;
cstr.
מִכְשֹׁול
1 S 25:31
+
6 times Ez;
pl.
מִכְשֹׁלִים
Je 6:21
+
Ez 21:20
MT
(
Co
al.
מֻכְשָׁלִים
,
v. infr
.);—
1.
stumbling
,
צוּר מ׳
Is 8:14
(
fig.
)
a rock of stumbling
(i.e. over which one stumbles); lit.
הַרְבֵּה הַמִּכְשֹׁלִים
Ez 21:20
an abundance of stumblings, falls
(
si vera l.
;
Ö
οἱ ἀσθενοῦντες
, apar. reading
pt.
,
cf.
S
m; so
Co Da
(as a possibility), i.e.
מֻכְשָׁלִים
Hoph.
Pt.
of
כשׁל
=
those who have stumbled
or
been overthrown
).
2.
means
, or
occasion of stumbling, stumbling-block;
a.
lit.
Lv 19:14
.
b.
fig.
of misfortune, calamity
ψ 119:165
; in divine judgment
Je 6:21 Ez 3:20
, as a hindrance to restoration of people
Is 57:14
.
c.
in ethical sense
מ׳ עֲוֹנָם
Ez 7:19
a stumbling-block of
(i.e. occasioning)
their iniquity
, so
14:3
,
4
,
7
;
18:30
;
44:12
(mostly with ref. to idols).
d.
מ׳ לֵב
1 S 25:31
a stumbling-block of heart
i.e. ground for remorse.
•
מַכְשֵׁלָה
S
4384
TWOT
1050d
GK
4843
n.f.
1.
overthrown mass
.
2.
stumbling-block
;—
1.
fig.
of kingdom
Is 3:6
.
2.
pl.
הַמַּכְשֵׁלֹות
Zp 1:3
stumbling-blocks
=
idols (
cf.
מִכְשׁוֹל
2 c
), but rather
dub.
;
We
thinks a gloss.
Schwally
ZAW
x. (1890), 169
reads
וְכִשַּׁלְתִּי
and I will cause
the wicked to
stumble
.
Gf K. H. Graf. VB Variorum Bible. Frä S. Fränkel, and (usually) circa., Aramäische Fremdwörter im Arabischen . infr. infra, below.
ZAW Z. f. alttest. Wissenschaft .