כְּסִיל

II. כְּסִיל noun masculine Orion (relation to above √ obscure); — Amos 5,8; Job 9,9 also תְּפַתֵּחַ ׳משְׁכוֺת כ Job 38,31 the cords of Orion wilt (canst) thou let out ? (apparently some mythological allusion, see Di Che, to giant bound in skies; compare Homer 'Ωρίωνα δοκεύει, and σθέηος Ὠρίωνος); both times associated with the Pleiades; suffix כְּסִילֵיהֶם their Orions Es 13,10, Orion and other constellations of the same brilliancy.