נָכַלnâkal
be crafty, deceitful, knavish
Pronunciation: naw-kal' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5230
Meanings
Qal: knave (Malachi 1:14)
Pi`el: beguiled (Numbers 25:18)
Hithpa`el: they knavishly planned, to deal knavishly with (Genesis 37:18; Psalms 105:25)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 4 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 37:18 When Joseph’s brothers saw him coming, they recognized him in the distance. As he approached, they made plans to kill him.
- Numbers 25:18 because they assaulted you with deceit and tricked you into worshiping Baal of Peor, and because of Cozbi, the daughter of a Midianite leader, who was killed at the time of the plague because of what happened at Peor.”
- Psalms 105:25 Then he turned the Egyptians against the Israelites, and they plotted against the Lord’s servants.
- Malachi 1:14 “Cursed is the cheat who promises to give a fine ram from his flock but then sacrifices a defective one to the Lord. For I am a great king,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, “and my name is feared among the nations!
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).