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

Brown, Driver, Briggs lexicon entry

j.ad.aa

יָאַל ] vb. be foolish

• Niph. do or act foolishly

  • 1 shew wicked folly = sin
  • 2 become fools, lacking insight and judgment

Appears in a total of 4 verses:

NUM 12:11

OET-LV: 11 And_ ʼAhₐron _he/it_said to Mosheh pardon_me my_master do_not please put on_us the_sin which we_have_acted_foolishly and_which we_have_sinned. (NUM_12:11)

OET-RV: 11 and he begged Mosheh, “Please, my master, please don’t make us suffer for our foolish disrespect and disobedience. (NUM 12:11)

ISA 19:13

OET-LV: 13 the_officials_of They_have_become_fools of_Tsoˊan the_officials_of they_have_been_deceived of_Nof/(Memphis) they_have_misled the_corner_of DOM Miʦrayim its_tribes_of_her. (ISA_19:13)

OET-RV: 13 Tsoan’s officials have become fools.
 ⇔ ≈ Memphis’s leaders have been deceived.
 ⇔ Their tribal leaders have led Egypt astray. (ISA 19:13)

JER 5:4

OET-LV: 4 And_I I_said only are_poor_people they they_have_acted_foolishly if/because not they_know the_way_of YHWH the_ordinance_of their_god_of_their. (JER_5:4)

OET-RV: 4 Then I thought that maybe they’re just poor people?
 ⇔ They act foolishly because they’re not educated about Yahweh’s way
 ⇔ or what their god requires of them? (JER 5:4)

JER 50:36

OET-LV: 36 A_sword against the_empty_talkers and_they_will_become_fools a_sword against its_of_warriors and_they_will_be_shattered. (JER_50:36)

OET-RV: 36 War is coming for empty talkers and they’ll become fools.
 ⇔ Battles are coming against its warriors, and they’ll be terrified. (JER 50:36)

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