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<p> <em> Kâshal </em> ( כָּשַׁל, Strong'S #3782), “to stumble, stagger, totter, be thrown down.” As in biblical Hebrew, this word is used in modern [[Hebrew]] in the sense of “to stumble, fail.” It occurs in the text of the Hebrew Old [[Testament]] approximately 60 times, the first time being in Lev. 26:37: “And they shall fall one upon another.…” This use illustrates the basic idea that one “stumbles” because of something or over something. Heavy physical burdens cause one “to stagger”: “… The children fell under the [loads of] wood” (Lam. 5:13). </p> <p> This word is often used figuratively to describe the consequences of divine judgment on sin: “Behold, I will lay stumbling blocks before this people, and the fathers and the sons together shall fall upon them …” (Jer. 6:21). Babylon, too, will know God’s judgment: “And the most proud shall stumble and fall …” (Jer. 50:32). When the psalmist says: “My knees totter from my fasting” (Ps. 109:24, NAB), he means: “My knees are weak” (as translated by KJV, NASB, RSV, JB, NEB, TEV). </p>

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