Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Yigal Levin <leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il>]

Hi John,

The root K$L means "to fail": "If your right eye should fail you, poke it
out and throw it away". I haven't looked up what the Greek is, but it may be
that the English "offend" is a faulty translation!

Yigal Levin

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I am looking for the meaning of this word

תכשילך

It is found in the Hebrew version of the Gospel of Matthew in 5:29 and
apparently it means offend, but I would like to know the root of it.  Any
help would be greatly appreciated!

John Litteral

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