What does סָכָל (sākāl) mean in the Bible?
סָכָל (sākāl): Moral and spiritual obtuseness rather than mere intellectual dullness; resistant to divine wisdom
Hebrew · H5530
סָכָל
Silly
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סָכָל H5530
Pronunciation sākāl
What does סָכָל (sākāl) mean in the Bible?
סָכָל (sākāl): Moral and spiritual obtuseness rather than mere intellectual dullness; resistant to divine wisdom
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H5530?
The BSB source-word alignment has 7 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include a fool (1), are foolish (1), as the fool (1), foolish (1), is a fool (1).
Where does סָכָל (sākāl) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Ecclesiastes 2:19. Its strongest book concentrations include Ecclesiastes (5), Jeremiah (2).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It a fool 1× Ecclesiastes 7:17
are foolish 1× Jeremiah 4:22
as the fool 1× Ecclesiastes 10:3
foolish 1× Ecclesiastes 2:19
is a fool 1× Ecclesiastes 10:3
O foolish 1× Jeremiah 5:21
Yet the fool 1× Ecclesiastes 10:14
Show sample aligned rows
Ecclesiastes 2:19 סָכָ֔ל to foolish Noun - masculine singular Ecclesiastes 7:17 סָכָ֑ל to a fool Noun - masculine singular Ecclesiastes 10:3 כְּשֶׁהַסָּכָל to as the fool Preposition-k, Pronoun - relative | Noun - masculine singular Ecclesiastes 10:3 סָכָ֥ל to is a fool Noun - masculine singular Ecclesiastes 10:14 וְהַסָּכָ֖ל to Yet the fool Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular Jeremiah 4:22 סְכָלִים֙ to are foolish Noun - masculine plural Jeremiah 5:21 סָכָ֖ל to O foolish Noun - masculine singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Ecclesiastes 2:19
Aligned rows 7
Books represented 2
Ecclesiastes 5 Jeremiah 2
Source forms
וְהַסָּכָ֖ל 1x wə·has·sā·ḵāl Ecclesiastes 10:14
כְּשֶׁהַסָּכָל 1x kə·šɛ·has·så̄·ḵå̄l Ecclesiastes 10:3
סָכָ֔ל 1x sā·ḵāl Ecclesiastes 2:19
סָכָ֑ל 1x sā·ḵāl Ecclesiastes 7:17
סָכָ֥ל 1x sā·ḵāl Ecclesiastes 10:3
סָכָ֖ל 1x sā·ḵāl Jeremiah 5:21
סְכָלִים֙ 1x sə·ḵā·lîm Jeremiah 4:22
Parsing patterns
Noun - masculine singular 4x Ecclesiastes 2:19, Ecclesiastes 7:17, Ecclesiastes 10:3, Jeremiah 5:21
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular 1x Ecclesiastes 10:14
Noun - masculine plural 1x Jeremiah 4:22
Preposition-k, Pronoun - relative | Noun - masculine singular 1x Ecclesiastes 10:3
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Moral and spiritual obtuseness rather than mere intellectual dullness; resistant to divine wisdom
Source Gloss
silly
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Moral and spiritual obtuseness rather than mere intellectual dullness; resistant to divine wisdom
silly BDB: fool Usage: fool(-ish), sottish.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Selected Scripture Witness
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Biblical Witnesses
Describes king Jehoiakim as senseless, lacking wisdom in his rebellious conduct
Showing 1 selected witness from 8 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
סָכָל is built from this root:
סָכַל H5528
Part of These Phrases
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain