Lexical Definition

‎מַכְשֵׁלָה‎ makshêlâh (mak-shay-law') ruins ^H:N-F
feminine from ‎כָּשַׁל‎

ruin, stumbling-block.

• a stumbling-block, but only figuratively (fall, enticement (idol))

1) overthrown mass, stumbling-block, something overthrown, decay, ruin
1a) thing overthrown (figurative of kingdom)
1b) stumbling-block (of idols)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מַכְשֵׁלָה‎

noun feminine 1. overthrown mass.

2. stumbling-block; —

1. figurative of kingdom Isa 3:6.

2. plural ‎הַמַּכְשֵׁלוֺת‎ Zeph 1:3 stumbling-blocks=idols (compare ‎מִכְשׁוֺל‎ 2 c), but rather dubious; We thinks a gloss. Schw^{ZAW x. (1890), 169} reads ‎וְכִשַּׁלְתִּי‎ and I will cause the wicked to stumble.

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