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Lexicon :: Strong's H2973 - yā'al

Aa
יָאַל
Transliteration
yā'al
Pronunciation
yaw-al'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 830

Strong’s Definitions

יָאַל yâʼal, yaw-al'; a primitive root; properly, to be slack, i.e. (figuratively) to be foolish:—dote, be (become, do) foolish(-ly).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's H2973 in the following manner: foolishly (1x), fool (1x), foolish (1x), dote (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's H2973 in the following manner: foolishly (1x), fool (1x), foolish (1x), dote (1x).

  1. to be foolish, become fools, act foolishly, show wicked folly

    1. (Niphal)

      1. to show wicked folly

      2. to become fools

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יָאַל yâʼal, yaw-al'; a primitive root; properly, to be slack, i.e. (figuratively) to be foolish:—dote, be (become, do) foolish(-ly).
STRONGS H2973: Abbreviations
† I. [יָאַל] verb be foolish (compare I. אול) —
Niph. Perfect 3rd person masculine plural נוֺאֲלוּ Isaiah 19:3; Jeremiah 5:4; וְנֹאָ֑לוּ Jeremiah 50:36; 1st person plural נוֺאַלְנוּ Numbers 12:11; — do or act foolishly: —
1. shew wicked folly = sin חַטָּאת אֲשֶׁר נוֺאַלְנוּ וַאֲשֶׁר חָטָאנוּ Numbers 12:11 (J); in Jeremiah 5:4 an exhibition of this folly is ascribed to ignorance.
2. become fools, lacking insight and judgment: נוֺאֲלוּ שְׂרֵי צֹעַן Isaiah 19:13 the princes of Zoan have become fools (|| נִשְּׁאוּ שָׂרֵי נֹף, and, in Isaiah 19:11 אֱוִילִים שָׂרֵי צֹעַן, etc.); חֶדֶב אֶלהַֿבַּדִּים וְנֹאָ֑לוּ Jeremiah 50:36 a sword is against the praters, and they shall become fools — be shewn up as such (|| חָֽתּוּ ׃).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Numbers

12:11; 12:11

Isaiah

19:3; 19:11; 19:13

Jeremiah

5:4; 5:4; 50:36; 50:36

H2973

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2973 matches the Hebrew יָאַל (yā'al),
which occurs 4 times in 4 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:11 - Then Aaron H175 said H559 to Moses H4872, “Oh H994, my lord H113, I beg H994 you, do not [fn]hold H7896 us responsible H5921 for this sin H2403 by which H834 we have turned H2973 out H2973 to H2973 be H2973 foolish H2973, and by which H834 we have sinned H2398.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:13 -

The officials H8269 of [fn]Zoan H6814 have turned H2973 out H2973 to H2973 be H2973 fools H2973,

The officials H8269 of Memphis H5297 are deluded H5378;

Those who are the cornerstone H6438 of her tribes H7626

Have [fn]led H8582 Egypt H4714 astray H8582.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:4 -

Then I said H559, “They are only H389 the poor H1800,

They are H2973 foolish H2973;

For they do not know H3045 the way H1870 of the LORD H3068

Or the judgment H4941 of their God H430.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:36 -

“A sword H2719 against H413 the oracle H907 priests H907, and they will become H2973 fools H2973!

A sword H2719 against H413 her warriors H1368, and they will be [fn]shattered H2865!

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