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נָבָל

Strong’s: H5036 · H5037

Associated OET lemmas: נָבָל

Authors: Reinier de Blois

Form 1

Part of speech: aj

Related names: נְבַלָּט

Related lemmas: נבל

Sense 1: fool, impious person, wanton fool, wicked fool, scoundrel

Semantic domains: Foolish (002001002010); Great (002001002012)

Core domains: Wisdom (199); Status (170)

Definition: = foolish person who has no respect for God or his fellow human beings but thinks highly of himself

Synonyms: כִּילַי · כְּסִיל

Antonyms: חָכָם · נָדִיב · שֹׁועַ

Show passage in OET: DEU 32:6

OET-RV DEU 32:6

6 Is that how you reward Yahweh,
⇔ you foolish people and without wisdom?
⇔ Isn’t he your father, your creator?
⇔ ≈ He made you and established you.

OET-LV DEU 32:6

6 Wwww to_YHWH do _you(pl)_repay this Oh _people foolish and_not wise am_not is_he father _of_your who_he_created _you he he_made _you and_he_established _you.

Show passage in OET: DEU 32:21

OET-RV DEU 32:21

21 They provoked me with a non-god—
⇔ angered me by their worthless idols,
⇔ so I’ll provoke them with a ‘non-people’.
⇔ I’ll anger them by means of a foolish nation,

OET-LV DEU 32:21

21 They they_have _made _me _jealous by_not a _god they_have _provoked _me _to _anger by_vanities _of_their and_I I_will _make _them _jealous by_not a _people by_a _nation foolish I_will _provoke _them _to _anger.

Jump to OET DEU 32:6 section.

Jump to OET DEU 32:21 section.

All 19 recorded passages for this sense

DEU: OET DEU 32:6 · OET DEU 32:21

SA1: OET SA1 25:25

SA2: OET SA2 3:33 · OET SA2 13:13

JOB: OET JOB 2:10 · OET JOB 30:8

PSA: OET PSA 14:1 · OET PSA 39:8 · OET PSA 53:1 · OET PSA 74:18 · OET PSA 74:22

PRO: OET PRO 17:7 · OET PRO 17:21 · OET PRO 30:22

ISA: OET ISA 32:5–6

JER: OET JER 17:11

EZE: OET EZE 13:3

Form 2

Part of speech: np

Name meanings: fool

Sense 1: Nabal

Semantic domains: Names of People (003001007)

Definition: = man; ► first husband of Abigail, wife of David

Show passage in OET: SA1 25:3

OET-RV SA1 25:3

3 The man’s name was Naval, and his wife was Avigayil. The wife was wise and very good-looking, whereas the man (who was a Kalevi) was harsh and cruel.

OET-LV SA1 25:3

3 And_name _of the_man was_Nāⱱāl and_name _of his/its_wife/woman was_ʼAⱱīgayil and_the_woman was_good _of insight and_beautiful _of form and_the_man was_hard and_evil _of deeds and_he mmm.

Show passage in OET: SA1 25:4

OET-RV SA1 25:4

4 While David was in the wilderness, he heard that Naval was shearing his sheep,

OET-LV SA1 25:4

4 And_ Dāvid _he/it _listened in_wilderness if/because _that Nāⱱāl was_shearing DOM his/its_flock _of _sheep/goats.

Jump to OET SA1 25:3 section.

Jump to OET SA1 25:4 section.

All 18 recorded passages for this sense

SA1: OET SA1 25:3–5 · OET SA1 25:9–10 · OET SA1 25:14 · OET SA1 25:19 · OET SA1 25:25–26 · OET SA1 25:34 · OET SA1 25:36–39 · OET SA1 27:3 · OET SA1 30:5

SA2: OET SA2 2:2 · OET SA2 3:3