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śēxel שֵׂ֫כֶל ‘understanding’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from śāxal שָׂכַל ‘be prudent / to cross hands’
Roots: שׂכל

śēxel n, m
1) prudence, insight, understanding
 1a) prudence, good sense
 1b) insight, understanding
 1c) cunning, craft (bad sense)

Mentioned in 1 Samuel 25:3 Psalms 111:10 Proverbs 3:4, 19:11, 16:22, 23:9, 12:8, 13:15 Job 17:4 Daniel 8:25 Ezra 8:18 Nehemiah 8:8 1 Chronicles 22:12, 26:14 2 Chronicles 30:22, 2:11

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