H4384 - מַכְשֵׁלָה (makshêlâh)

H4384 מַכְשֵׁלָה (makshêlâh) mak-shay-law'

Hebrew

Strong's Definition

feminine from 3782; a stumbling-block, but only figuratively (fall, enticement (idol))

KJV Usage: ruin, stumbling-block

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

מַכְשֵׁלָה (makh.she.lah) — ruins. 1) overthrown mass, stumbling-block, something overthrown, decay, ruin 1a) thing overthrown (figurative of kingdom) 1b) stumbling-block (of idols)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

מַכְשֵׁלָה (H4384)

noun f · כשׁל

Impact

ruin = a building that has been destroyed or that has collapsed

ISA 3:6

Fail

stumbling, failure literally: to stumble; hence: = process by which humans do not live up to the expectations others have of them

ZEP 1:3

¹ ZEP 1:3 MT HOTTP-B "stumbling block" | RSV "overthrow" NJPS NRSV "make stumble" NJB "topple" REB "bring to their knees" GNT "bring about the downfall" = הכשׁלתי | NIV "heaps of rubble" = [1a]

Reinier de Blois

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

מַכְשֵׁלָה n.f. 1. overthrown mass. 2. stumbling-block base