the Week of Proper 2 / Ordinary 7
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Strong's #4384 - מַכְשֵׁלָה
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1) overthrown mass, stumbling-block, something overthrown, decay, ruin
1a) thing overthrown (figurative of kingdom)
1b) stumbling-block (of idols)
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2292) lsk (כסהל KShL) AC: Topple CO: Ruin AB: ?: A toppling down into ruins.
V) lsk (כסהל KShL) - Topple: KJV (65): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hiphil, Hophal, Piel) fall, stumble, cast down, feeble, overthrown, ruin, decay, fail, weak - Strongs: H3782 (כָּשַׁל)
af1) elskm (מכסהלה MKShLH) - Ruin: The toppled down buildings of a city. KJV (2): ruin, stumblingblock - Strongs: H4384 (מַכְשֵׁלָה)
bm) lisk (כסהיל KShYL) - Axe: For toppling trees. KJV (1): axe - Strongs: H3781 (כַּשִּׁיל)
ejm) nflsik (כיסהלונ KYShLWN) - Toppling: KJV (1): fall - Strongs: H3783 (כִּשָּׁלוֹן)
hcm) lfskm (מכסהול MKShWL) - Stumblingblock: Used to cause someone to stumble or topple down. KJV (14): stumblingblock, offence, ruin, offend, fall - Strongs: H4383 (מִכְשֹׁל)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
2 stumbling-block; —
1 figurative of kingdom Isaiah 3:6.
2 plural הַמַּכְשֵׁלוֺת Zephaniah 1:3 stumbling-blocks = idols (compare מִכְשׁוֺל 2 c), but rather dubious; We thinks a gloss. Schw ZAW x. (1890), 169 reads וְכִשַּׁלְתִּי and I will cause the wicked to stumble.
I. כשׁף (√ of following; compare Arabic 
cut off, cut up, Syriac 
to pray (literally probably to cut oneself, see 1 Kings 18:28): so Rs J Phil. xiv. 125,126 Nö ZMG 1886,723; according to RS כֶּשֶׁף is properly herbs etc. shredded into a magic brew).
מַכְשֵׁלָה f.
(1) ruin, used of a state brought to ruin, Isaiah 3:6.
(2) an incitement to sin, offence; pl. used of idols, Zephaniah 1:3.
