sa.khal denotes prudent, understanding conduct, including insight, instruction, and successful action in context.

The term most often describes prudent or understanding conduct, whether a person acts wisely, considers a matter, or is characterized by discernment. Its attested uses also include giving understanding or instruction and, in several narratives, succeeding in an undertaking.

1. Prudent conduct and discerning character · dominant

   Active participles characterize people whose conduct is prudent: the son gathers in summer in Proverbs 10:5, the speaker restrains his lips in Proverbs 10:19, and a servant is accepted by a king in Proverbs 14:35. Imperfect and cohortative forms similarly frame prudence as conduct to pursue: Joshua 1:7 connects it with keeping the instruction, while in Psalm 101:2 the APB renders the clause "I will act prudently in an unblemished way."

   Proverbs 10:5Proverbs 10:19Proverbs 14:35Joshua 1:7Psalm 101:2Jeremiah 23:5
2. Understanding or gaining insight · common

   The term occurs where people are to recognize or comprehend what is before them: Deuteronomy 32:29 joins understanding with perceiving their end, and Isaiah 41:20 places it beside seeing and knowing that the LORD has done this. In Daniel 9:13 the APB renders the larger clause as "gaining insight into your truth," while Daniel 12:10 contrasts the wicked, who do not understand, with those who do.

   Deuteronomy 32:29Isaiah 41:20Daniel 9:13Daniel 9:25Daniel 12:10Psalm 119:99
3. Giving understanding or instruction · occasional

   In Psalm 32:8, a first-person Hiphil imperfect stands in the promise, "I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go." Daniel 11:33 describes discerning people who "will instruct many," and Nehemiah 9:20 says that God gave his good spirit "to instruct them."

   Psalm 32:8Daniel 11:33Nehemiah 9:20Daniel 9:221 Chronicles 28:19
4. Succeeding in an undertaking · occasional

   In the David narratives, the forms describe his outcome in assignments and conflict: 1 Samuel 18:5 says that David went out on Saul's missions and "he succeeded," and 1 Samuel 18:30 says that he succeeded beyond Saul's servants. Likewise, 2 Kings 18:7 says of Hezekiah that "he prospered in everything he undertook."

   1 Samuel 18:51 Samuel 18:141 Samuel 18:151 Samuel 18:302 Kings 18:7

In the Anselm Project Bible: Its wording can only indicate the verse-level presentation. Across these contexts it uses "prudent," "understand," "instruct," "succeeded," and "prospered," reflecting the observed clusters of conduct, insight, instruction, and successful outcome.