Lexical Definition

‎סָכַל‎ çâkal (saw-kal') be foolish ^H:V
for ‎כָּסַל‎

do (make, play the, turn into) fool(-ish, -ishly, -ishness).

• to be silly

1) to be foolish, be a fool
1a) (Piel) to make foolish, turn into foolishness
1b) (Niphal) to act or do foolishly
1c) (Hiphil) to do foolishly, play the fool

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎סָכַל‎] verb be foolish, or a fool, usually in moral or spititual sense (Syriac Aph`el act foolishly; foolish, etc., ᵑ7 ‎סְכַל‎ derived species, act foolishly; ‎סַכְלָא‎ fool; Christian-Palestinian Aramaic , Aph`el = ἁμαρτάνω, also derivatives Schw^{Idioticon 62}; Assyrian saklu, perhaps foolish, Dl^{HWB 498}; Aramaic ‎סְכַל‎ know, be intelligent, cause to understand, etc. (derived species), compare ‎שׂכל‎; Mei^{Chrest. Targ.} derives both these opposite meanings from Arabic form, likeness. Gerber¹⁷⁸ thinks Hebrew verb denominative); —

Piel Imperfect ‎יְסַכֵּל‎ Isa 44:25, Imperative ‎סַכֶּלנָֿא‎ 2Sam 15:31, make foolish, turn into foolishness. Niph`al Perfect 2 masculine singular ‎נִסְכַּלְתָּ‎ 2Chr 16:9 ‎נִסְכָּ֑לְתָּ‎ 1Sam 13:13 1 singular ‎נִסְכַּלְתִּי‎ 2Sam 24:10 = 1Chr 21:8, act or do foolishly. Hiph`il Perfect 2 masculine singular ‎הִסְכַּלְתָּ‎ Gen 31:28 (E), 1 singular ‎הִסְכַּלְתִּי‎ 1Sam 26:21, do foolishly, play the fool.

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