H2973: יָאַל
yâʼal · pronounced yaw-al' · “be foolish”
Definition
properly, to be slack, i.e. (figuratively) to be foolish
KJV translates it as: dote, be (become, do) foolish(-ly).
Word origin: a primitive root;
Extended definition
1a) (Niphal)
1a1) to show wicked folly
1a2) to become fools
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H2973 is translated
- we have acted foolishly ×1
- they have become fools ×1
- they have acted foolishly ×1
- they will become fools ×1
Bible verses with H2973 (yâʼal)
Yâʼal appears in 4 verses.
- Numbers 12:11
And Aaron said unto Moses, Alas, my lord, I beseech thee, lay not the sin upon us, wherein we have done foolishly, and wherein we have sinned.
- Isaiah 19:13
The princes of Zoan are become fools, the princes of Noph are deceived; they have also seduced Egypt, even they that are the stay of the tribes thereof.
- Jeremiah 5:4
Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the Lord, nor the judgment of their God.
- Jeremiah 50:36
A sword is upon the liars; and they shall dote: a sword is upon her mighty men; and they shall be dismayed.