Hebrew edit

Etymology edit

Compare Aramaic [script needed] (kšl, to stumble), Classical Syriac [script needed] (kšl, offense, sin).[1][2] Perhaps also Arabic ك س ل (k-s-l), as laziness and careless are related.

Root edit

כ־שׁ־ל (k-š-l)

  1. Related to stumbling.

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ kšl”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  2. ^ kšl”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–

Further reading edit

  • כ־שׁ־ל” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
  • כ־ש־ל”, in Hebrew dictionary and conjugation tables, Pealim.com
  • Klein, Ernest (1987) “כשׁל”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 288c
  • A. Murtonen (1989) “KʃL”, in Hebrew in Its West Semitic Setting, Part I, Section Bb, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 240