Definition

instructive, i.e. a didactic poem

Etymology

from H7919 (שָׂכַל);

Word family

• שָׂכַל sâkal

How the KJV renders it

• Maschil

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.