Word Study · Strong's H4384 · Hebrew

מַכְשֵׁלָה

makshelah

mak-shay-law'

Strong's 1890 spelling: makshêlâh

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

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

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

Rendered in the KJV as

ruin, stumbling-block.

2
occurrencesin the Old Testament
2 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
2
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 2 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 2

וְהַמַּכְשֵׁלָ֥ה1
וְהַמַּכְשֵׁל֖וֹת1

How it is rendered · 2

and the heap of ruins1
and the stumbling-blocks1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 2

conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine plural1
conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular1

Show the grammar codes as tagged

HC/Td/Ncfpa · 1
HC/Td/Ncfsa · 1

All 2, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Isaiah1 of 2 · 50%
Zephaniah1 of 2 · 50%

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Isaiah1 occurrence

Isaiah 3:6וְהַמַּכְשֵׁלָ֥הvehamakhshelahconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularA man will seize his brother within his father’s house: “You have a cloak—you be our leader! Take charge of this heap of rubble.”here: and the heap of ruins

Zephaniah1 occurrence

Zephaniah 1:3וְהַמַּכְשֵׁל֖וֹתvehamakhshelotconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine plural“I will sweep away man and beast; I will sweep away the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, and the idols with their wicked worshipers. I will cut off mankind from the face of the earth,” declares the LORD.here: and the stumbling-blocks

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