H3783 H3783
Stumbling or falling; calamity or downfall resulting from pride
This noun appears only in Proverbs 16:18, in the famous proverb 'Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before stumbling.' The term denotes the act of stumbling or the resulting calamity, derived from the verb 'to stumble.' In wisdom literature, stumbling is both literal (losing footing) and metaphorical (experiencing disaster). The proverb pairs two synonymous statements about pride's consequences.
Sentidos
1. sense 1 — A stumbling or falling, used figuratively for calamity or ruin. Proverbs presents this as the inevitable outcome of pride and arrogance—the haughty person trips and falls. Spanish 'caída' (fall/falling) and the transliterated forms reflect this collapse-imagery. The parallelism with 'destruction' intensifies the severity: stumbling isn't a minor mishap but a catastrophic fall. The wisdom tradition repeatedly warns that pride blinds people to obstacles, ensuring their eventual downfall. 1×
AR["سَقْطَةٍ"]·ben["পতনের"]·DE["[כשלון]"]·EN["stumbling"]·FR["כשלון"]·heb["כישלון"]·HI["ठोकर-खाने"]·ID["kejatuhan"]·IT["stumbling"]·jav["rubuh"]·KO["넘어짐"]·PT["tropeço"]·RU["падением"]·ES["caída"]·SW["kuanguka"]·TR["düşüşün"]·urd["ٹھوکر-سے"]
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Referencia BDB / Léxico
† כִּשָּׁלוֹן n.[m.] a stumbling; fig. = calamity Pr 16:18.