- 8occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 6 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 7inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 8 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 7
- נִסְכַּ֖לְתִּי2
- הִסְכַּ֥לְתָּֽ1
- הִסְכַּ֛לְתִּי1
- יְשַׂכֵּֽל׃1
- נִסְכַּ֣לְתָּ1
- נִסְכָּ֑לְתָּ1
- סַכֶּל־1
How it is rendered · 6
- I have acted foolishly2
- you have acted foolishly2
- he makes foolish1
- I have behaved foolishly1
- make foolish1
- you have behaved foolishly1
The sense the word carries at each spot: how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 6
- verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 1st person common singular2
- verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 2nd person masculine singular2
- verb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 1st person common singular1
- verb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 2nd person masculine singular1
- verb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular1
- verb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HVNp1cs · 2
- HVNp2ms · 2
- HVhp1cs · 1
- HVhp2ms · 1
- HVpi3ms · 1
- HVpv2ms · 1
All 8, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- 1 Samuel2 of 8 · 25%
- 2 Samuel2 of 8 · 25%
- Genesis1 of 8 · 13%
- 1 Chronicles1 of 8 · 13%
- 2 Chronicles1 of 8 · 13%
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1 Samuel2 occurrences
- 1 Samuel 13:13נִסְכָּ֑לְתָּniskaltaverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 2nd person masculine singular“You have acted foolishly,” Samuel declared. “You have not kept the command that the LORD your God gave you; if you had, the LORD would have established your kingdom over Israel for all time.here: you have acted foolishly
- 1 Samuel 26:21הִסְכַּ֛לְתִּיhiskaltiverb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 1st person common singularThen Saul replied, “I have sinned. Come back, David my son. I will never harm you again, because today you considered my life precious. I have played the fool and have committed a grave error!”here: I have behaved foolishly
2 Samuel2 occurrences
- 2 Samuel 15:31סַכֶּל־sakel-verb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine singularNow someone told David: “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” So David pleaded, “O LORD, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!”here: make foolish
- 2 Samuel 24:10נִסְכַּ֖לְתִּיniskaltiverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 1st person common singularAfter David had numbered the troops, his conscience was stricken and he said to the LORD, “I have sinned greatly in what I have done. Now, O LORD, I beg You to take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.”here: I have acted foolishly