נָכַל

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H5230

be crafty — used 4 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

be crafty tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

נָכַל: vb. be crafty, deceitful, knavish tree →

The whole BDB entry

vb. be crafty, deceitful, knavish (Assyrian nakâlu, be crafty, cunning; 𝔗 נְכֵל be crafty, Pa. deceive; Syriac ܢܟܶܠ deceive, plot; cf. perhaps Amh. ወነጀለ act faithlessly, ወነጌለ faithless, PräAmhar. Spr. 90);— Pt. נוֹכֵל Mal 1:14 knave. Pf. 3 mpl. c. acc. cogn. נִכְּלוּ לָכֶם נִכְלֵיהֶם אֲשֶׁר Nu 25:18 their wiles with which they beguiled you. Impf. וַיִּתְנַכְּלוּ אֹתוֹ לַהֲמִיתוֹ Gn 37:18 they knavishly planned against him (Köiii. 9), etc.; Inf. cstr. לְהִתְנַכֵּל בְּ ψ 105:25 to deal knavishly with.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: [one who] deals deceptively (1); deal cunningly (1); they dealt cunningly with (1).

In the verses

Psalms 105:25 · tree →

הָפַ֣ךְ לִ֭בָּם לִשְׂנֹ֣א עַמּ֑וֹ לְ֝הִתְנַכֵּ֗ל בַּעֲבָדָֽיו׃

Word for word: he.turned heart their to hate people his to deal.cunningly with servants his

JPS 1917: He turned their heart to hate His people, to deal craftily with His servants.

Genesis 37:18 · tree →

וַיִּרְא֥וּ אֹת֖וֹ מֵרָחֹ֑ק וּבְטֶ֙רֶם֙ יִקְרַ֣ב אֲלֵיהֶ֔ם וַיִּֽתְנַכְּל֥וּ אֹת֖וֹ לַהֲמִיתֽוֹ׃

Word for word: and they.saw him from a.distance and before he.drew.near to them and they.dealt.cunningly.with him to kill him

JPS 1917: And they saw him afar off, and before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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