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סָכַל

sachal · act foolishly

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H5528 · appears 8 times in the Bible

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What it means

sachal (סָכַל) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “act foolishly”.

Behave without sense.

How to say it

sa·chal

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. Act like a fool, do something foolish.
  2. To make a plan or knowledge senseless, make it fail.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

  • You have acted foolishly ×3
  • I have acted very foolishly ×2
  • I have acted foolishly ×1
  • he makes foolish ×1
  • turn into folly ×1

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Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • Genesis 31:28

    You did not even let me kiss my sons and my daughters. Now you have acted foolishly.

  • 1 Samuel 13:13

    Samuel said to Saul, “You have acted foolishly. You have not kept the commandment of YHWH your Elohim that he commanded you; for now YHWH would have established your kingdom over Israel forever.

  • 1 Samuel 26:21

    Saul said, “I have sinned. Come back, my son David, for I will not harm you again, because my life was precious in your eyes this day. Look, I have acted foolishly and have erred very greatly.”

  • 2 Samuel 15:31

    David was told, saying, “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” And David said, “Please, YHWH, turn into folly the counsel of Ahithophel.”

  • 2 Samuel 24:10

    David’s heart struck him after he had counted the people. And David said to YHWH, “I have sinned greatly in what I have done. Now then, YHWH, please take away the iniquity of your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.”

  • 1 Chronicles 21:8

    David said to Elohim, “I have sinned greatly in doing this thing. And now, please, take away the iniquity of your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.”

  • 2 Chronicles 16:9

    For the eyes of YHWH range through all the earth to show himself strong with those whose heart is whole toward him. You have acted foolishly in this, for from now on there will be wars against you.”

  • Isaiah 44:25

    who frustrates the signs of the empty talkers, and drives mad diviners; who turns the wise backward, and their knowledge he makes foolish;