Strong's Hebrew · H2973

יָאַל

yâʼal · yaw-al'

dote, be (become, do) foolish(-ly).

Definition

properly, to be slack, i.e. (figuratively) to be foolish

Derivation

a primitive root;

Appears 4 times in Scripture

Jeremiah 50:36

A sword is against her false prophets, and they will become fools. A sword is against her warriors, and they will be filled with terror.

Isaiah 19:13

The princes of Zoan have become fools; the princes of Memphis are deceived. The cornerstones of her tribes have led Egypt astray.

Numbers 12:11

and said to Moses, “My lord, please do not hold against us this sin we have so foolishly committed.

Jeremiah 5:4

Then I said, “They are only the poor; they have played the fool, for they do not know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God.

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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