סָכַל (sākal) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning be foolish. It appears
8 times
in 6 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H5528).
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1493)
Range of meaning (TWOT 1493)be foolish, a fool; make foolish, turn into foolishness; act, do foolishly; play the fool; be silly; do fool, do foolish, do foolishness
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
סָכַלverb: be foolish, a fool
Pielmake foolish, turn into foolishness
Niphalact or do foolishly
Hiphildo foolishly, play the fool
Strong's H5528סָכַל: to be silly KJV:do (make, play the, turn into) fool(-ish, -ishly, -ishness).
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.