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śixlūt שִׂכְלוּת ‘folly’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from sāxal סָכַל ‘be foolish’
Roots: סכל
Variants: סִכְלוּת, שִׂכְלוּת

śixlūt n, f
1) folly, foolishness

Mentioned in Ecclesiastes 2:3, 2:12, 2:13, 10:13, 7:25, 10:1, 1:17

2014 — 2026 Institute for Biblical Content. Biblical Hebrew for linguists: a multilingual analytical biblical Hebrew lexicon.
Editorial Lead of the English section: M. Hardy (ENS, IBC).
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