מַכְשֵׁלָהmakshêlâh

overthrown mass

Pronunciation: mak-shay-law' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4384

Meanings

2. stumbling-block

1. figurative of kingdom (Isaiah 3:6)

2. stumbling-blocks =idols (compare מִכְשׁוֺל 2.c.), but rather dubious (Zephaniah 1:3)

Same root

כָּשַׁלkâshal · H3782to totter or waver (through weakness of the legs, especially the ankle); by implication, to falter, stumble, faint or fall

Where it appears

Appears 2 times in the Bible.

Isaiah 3:6 In those days a man will say to his brother, “Since you have a coat, you be our leader! Take charge of this heap of ruins!”
Zephaniah 1:3 “I will sweep away people and animals alike. I will sweep away the birds of the sky and the fish in the sea. I will reduce the wicked to heaps of rubble, and I will wipe humanity from the face of the earth,” says the Lord.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).