מרשלו

חָשַׁל(b. h.; cmp. חָסַל) to scrape off, polish; to reduce. Pi. חִישֵּׁל to crush, batter. Koh. R. to I, 6 the Lord מְחַשֵּׁלוֹ בהרים breaks it (the vehemence of the wind) through the mountains; (Lev. R. 15; Gen. R. s. 24 מרשלו; Y.Ber.IX, 13c bot. מכשלו). Nif. נֶחְשָׁל to be crushed. Sifré Deut. 296 (ref. to נחשלים, Deut. 25:18) שנמכו … ונֶחְשְׁלוּ מתחתוכ׳ who have been crushed out of the ways of the Lord and battered away from under the protection of etc.

חָשַׁל(b. h.; cmp. חָסַל) to scrape off, polish; to reduce. Pi. חִישֵּׁל to crush, batter. Koh. R. to I, 6 the Lord מְחַשֵּׁלוֹ בהרים breaks it (the vehemence of the wind) through the mountains; (Lev. R. 15; Gen. R. s. 24 מרשלו; Y.Ber.IX, 13c bot. מכשלו). Nif. נֶחְשָׁל to be crushed. Sifré Deut. 296 (ref. to נחשלים, Deut. 25:18) שנמכו … ונֶחְשְׁלוּ מתחתוכ׳ who have been crushed out of the ways of the Lord and battered away from under the protection of etc.

כָּשַׁל(b. h.; cmp. כִּשְׁכֵּש) to strike against, stumble. Lev. R. s. 19 (ref. to Is. 35:3) שהן נראות כאילו כּוֹשְׁלוֹת knees which have the appearance of stumbling (threaten to stumble). Ib. שכְּשַׁלְתֶּםוכ׳ for you have really stumbled (sinned) through your evil deeds. Num. R. s. 16 כְּשַׁלְתֶּם you have stumbled (were discouraged; Tanḥ. Shlaḥ 2 נתרשלתם); a. e.כּוֹשֵׁל (law) weak, under legal disadvantages (in adapt. of Is. l. c. a. Job 4:4). Keth.IX, 2 ינתנו לַכּ׳ שבהן let it be given him who is under the greatest disadvantage of all (the claimants being the deceased mans widow, his creditor and his heirs); expl. ib. 84a לכ׳ שבראיה to him who is under disadvantage for evidence (whose document is of the latest date); (oth. opin. לכתובת אשה to the widow, v. חִינָּא; Y. ib. IX, 33a top לכ׳ שבראיותיווכ׳ to him who is the weakest as to evidence, e. g. he who loaned without witnesses as against him who has witnesses. Ib. לכ׳ בגופו to him who is in feeble health (and poor). Nif. נִכְשַׁל 1) to be struck, meet with an accident. Mekh. Bshall.s.2 לא נ׳ אחדוכ׳ not one of them (the Egyptians) met with an accident (was detained) on the road. Y.Sabb.VI, 8c bot. נ׳ באצבעו got a sore finger; ib. XVI, 15c top; Lam. R. to IV, 20; a. e. 2) to stumble, fall; to be led to sin. Pesik. Shub., p. 165a> והיו … נִכְשָׁלִין בו and people stumbled over it (the rock); Yalk. Hos. 533. Ib. אדם נ׳ בעכירה if man becomes a victim of sin. Gitt.43a אין אדם …אא״כ נ׳ בהן one never gets at the true sense of the words of the Law, except after mistakes; Ḥag.14a; Sabb.120a.Ber.28b ולא אֶכָּשֵׁל בדבר הלכה and that I may not err against a hălakhah; ולא יִכָּשְׁלוּוכ׳ nor may my colleagues Midr. Till. to Ps. 22 בשביל … איני נִכְשֶׁלֶת because I am a queen, I shall not come to grief; a. fr. Hif. הִכְשִׁיל to cause to stumble, to be an obstruction; to weaken; to cause sin. Y.Shebi.III, end, 34d a breach in the fence מַכְשֶׁלֶת את הרבים annoying the publis (an obstruction to traffic). R. Hash. I, 6 נמצאת מַכְשִׁילָן לע״ל thou wilt make them sin in future case (by their refraining from going to court); Yoma 77b שלא תהא מַכְשִׁילָןוכ׳ that thou mayest not cause them to sin (by staying away from college); Kidd.33a; Ḥull.54b מְכַשְּׁלָן (Pi.).Ab. Zar.11b פיהם הִכְשִׁילָן לרשעים Ms. M. (ed. ה׳ פיהם) their own (ominous) words brought these wicked men to fall; Num. R. s. 18. B. Kam.16b; B. Bath.9b (ref. to מכשלים, Jer. 18:23) הַכְשִׁילֵםוכ׳ make them stumble by sending them unworthy subjects of charity. Midr. Till. to Ps. 90. לעצמי הייתי מַכְשִׁיל I should have injured myself. Pi. כִּישֵּׁל 1) same, v. supra. 2) to weaken, break the force of. Y.Ber.IX, 13c bot. מְכַשְּׁלוֹ בגבעות (Gen. R. s. 24 מרשלו), v. חָשַׁל.

כָּשַׁל(b. h.; cmp. כִּשְׁכֵּש) to strike against, stumble. Lev. R. s. 19 (ref. to Is. 35:3) שהן נראות כאילו כּוֹשְׁלוֹת knees which have the appearance of stumbling (threaten to stumble). Ib. שכְּשַׁלְתֶּםוכ׳ for you have really stumbled (sinned) through your evil deeds. Num. R. s. 16 כְּשַׁלְתֶּם you have stumbled (were discouraged; Tanḥ. Shlaḥ 2 נתרשלתם); a. e.כּוֹשֵׁל (law) weak, under legal disadvantages (in adapt. of Is. l. c. a. Job 4:4). Keth.IX, 2 ינתנו לַכּ׳ שבהן let it be given him who is under the greatest disadvantage of all (the claimants being the deceased mans widow, his creditor and his heirs); expl. ib. 84a לכ׳ שבראיה to him who is under disadvantage for evidence (whose document is of the latest date); (oth. opin. לכתובת אשה to the widow, v. חִינָּא; Y. ib. IX, 33a top לכ׳ שבראיותיווכ׳ to him who is the weakest as to evidence, e. g. he who loaned without witnesses as against him who has witnesses. Ib. לכ׳ בגופו to him who is in feeble health (and poor). Nif. נִכְשַׁל 1) to be struck, meet with an accident. Mekh. Bshall.s.2 לא נ׳ אחדוכ׳ not one of them (the Egyptians) met with an accident (was detained) on the road. Y.Sabb.VI, 8c bot. נ׳ באצבעו got a sore finger; ib. XVI, 15c top; Lam. R. to IV, 20; a. e. 2) to stumble, fall; to be led to sin. Pesik. Shub., p. 165a> והיו … נִכְשָׁלִין בו and people stumbled over it (the rock); Yalk. Hos. 533. Ib. אדם נ׳ בעכירה if man becomes a victim of sin. Gitt.43a אין אדם …אא״כ נ׳ בהן one never gets at the true sense of the words of the Law, except after mistakes; Ḥag.14a; Sabb.120a.Ber.28b ולא אֶכָּשֵׁל בדבר הלכה and that I may not err against a hălakhah; ולא יִכָּשְׁלוּוכ׳ nor may my colleagues Midr. Till. to Ps. 22 בשביל … איני נִכְשֶׁלֶת because I am a queen, I shall not come to grief; a. fr. Hif. הִכְשִׁיל to cause to stumble, to be an obstruction; to weaken; to cause sin. Y.Shebi.III, end, 34d a breach in the fence מַכְשֶׁלֶת את הרבים annoying the publis (an obstruction to traffic). R. Hash. I, 6 נמצאת מַכְשִׁילָן לע״ל thou wilt make them sin in future case (by their refraining from going to court); Yoma 77b שלא תהא מַכְשִׁילָןוכ׳ that thou mayest not cause them to sin (by staying away from college); Kidd.33a; Ḥull.54b מְכַשְּׁלָן (Pi.).Ab. Zar.11b פיהם הִכְשִׁילָן לרשעים Ms. M. (ed. ה׳ פיהם) their own (ominous) words brought these wicked men to fall; Num. R. s. 18. B. Kam.16b; B. Bath.9b (ref. to מכשלים, Jer. 18:23) הַכְשִׁילֵםוכ׳ make them stumble by sending them unworthy subjects of charity. Midr. Till. to Ps. 90. לעצמי הייתי מַכְשִׁיל I should have injured myself. Pi. כִּישֵּׁל 1) same, v. supra. 2) to weaken, break the force of. Y.Ber.IX, 13c bot. מְכַשְּׁלוֹ בגבעות (Gen. R. s. 24 מרשלו), v. חָשַׁל.