H2973 - יָאַל (yâʼal)

H2973 יָאַל (yâʼal) yaw-al'

Hebrew

Strong's Definition

a primitive root; properly, to be slack, i.e. (figuratively) to be foolish

KJV Usage: dote, be (become, do) foolish(-ly)

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

יָאַל (ya.al) — be foolish. 1) to be foolish, become fools, act foolishly, show wicked folly 1a) (Niphal) 1a1) to show wicked folly 1a2) to become fools

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

יאל (H2973 · H2974)

verb · אִוֶּלֶת

Foolish | verb nif

to be foolish, to be ignorant, to be without understanding = to be and/or behave like one with little insight, education or wisdom; ≈ pejorative (see the related term אִוֶּלֶת)

NUM 12:11 · ISA 19:13 · JER 5:4 · JER 50:36

verb

Willing | verb hif

to be willing, to accept (to do something) = state in which humans and deities are willing to do something; often used in polite speech to soften one's request or to underline its sincerity

EXO 2:21 · JOS 7:7 · JDG 17:11 · JDG 19:6 · 1SA 12:22 · 2SA 7:29 · 2KI 5:23 · 2KI 6:3 · 1CH 17:27 · JOB 6:9 · JOB 6:28

Think | verb hif

to resolve, to persist = action by which humans a take firm decision to do something, often in spite of the circumstances

GEN 18:27 · GEN 18:31 · DEU 1:5 · JOS 17:12 · JDG 1:27 · JDG 1:35 · HOS 5:11

verb

Timothy L. Wilt; Enio R. Mueller

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[יָאַל] vb. be foolish Niph. do or act foolishly shew wicked folly = sin

become fools, lacking insight and judgment

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