BDB4227
מִכְשׁוֺל noun masculine Jer 6:21 a stumbling, means or occasion of stumbling, stumbling-block; — ׳ מ absolute Isa 8:14 + 3 t., מִכְשֹׁל Lev 19:14 construct מִכְשׁוֺל 1Sam 25:31 + 6 t. Ezekiel; plural מִכְשֹׁלִים Jer 6:21 + Ezek 21:20 ᵑ0 (Co and others מֻכְשָׁלִים, see below ); —
1.
stumbling, ׳
צוּר מ
Isa 8:14 (fig)
a rock of stumbling (i.e. over which one stumbles); literal הַרְבֵּה
הַמִּכְשֹׁלִים
Ezek 21:20
an abundance of stumblings, falls (si vera lectio;
ᵐ5
. οἱ ἀσθενοῦντες, apparently reading participle, compare Sm; so
Co
Da (as a possibility), i.e. מֻכְשָׁלִים
Hoph`al
Participle of כשׁל = those who have stumbled or been overthrown
).
2.
means, or occasion of stumbling, stumbling-block;
a literal Lev 19:14
.
b. figurative of misfortune, calamity Paslm
Lev
119:165; in divine judgment Jer 6:21; Ezek 3:20, as a hindrance to restoration of people
Isa
57:14.
c. in ethical sense עֲוֺנָם
׳
מ
Ezek 7:19
a stumbling-block of (i.e. occasioning) their iniquity, so
Ezek 14:3
;
Ezek 14:4; Ezek 14:7; Ezek 18:30; Ezek 44:12 (mostly with
reference to idols.).
d.
לֵב
׳
מ
1Sam
25:31
a stumbling-block of heart i.e. ground for remorse.