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Lexicon :: Strong's H2973 - yā'al

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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 Box Num 12:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:11 - And Aaron said to Moses, “Oh, my lord, do not punish us[fn] because we have done foolishly and have sinned.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 19:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:13 - The princes of Zoan have become fools,
and the princes of Memphis are deluded;
those who are the cornerstones of her tribes
have made Egypt stagger.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:4 - Then I said, “These are only the poor;
they have no sense;
for they do not know the way of the LORD,
the justice of their God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:36 - A sword against the diviners,
that they may become fools!
A sword against her warriors,
that they may be destroyed!
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