מַכְשֵׁלָה
makšēlâ
overthrown mass
Strong's H4384NounHebrewTWOT 1050d

מַכְשֵׁלָה (makšēlâ) is a Hebrew noun meaning overthrown mass. It appears 2 times in 2 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H4384).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1050d)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1050d)overthrown mass, stumbling-block; fall, enticement; ruin
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

מַכְשֵׁלָה noun, feminine: overthrown mass, stumbling-block

Strong's H4384 מַכְשֵׁלָה: a stumbling-block, but only figuratively (fall, enticement [idol])
KJV:ruin, stumbling-block.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 1050: כָּשַׁל kāšal — stumble, stagger, totter; by means of; be tottering, feeble; cause to stumble, make feeble, weak; waver, falter, faint, fall; bereave, cast down, be decayed, fail, falling, be ruin, overthrown

See it in Scripture

Isaiah 3:6Zephaniah 1:3

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