zalal · glutton, be worthless

What it means

zalal (זָלַל) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “glutton, be worthless”.

Be a glutton, a squanderer: live without restraint; worthless.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To quake, dissolve, like the mountains before God.
2. To be of no account.
3. To eat and spend without restraint.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• glutton ×2
• gluttons ×2
• melted ×1
• what is vile ×1
• worthless ×1
• would melt ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Deuteronomy×1
• Proverbs×3
• Isaiah×3
• Jeremiah×1
• Lamentations×1

• Deuteronomy 21:20

  and they shall say to the elders of his city, “This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious; he does not listen to our voice; he is a glutton and a drunkard.”

• Proverbs 23:20

  Do not be among drinkers of wine, among gluttons of meat for themselves;

• Proverbs 23:21

  for the drinker and the glutton will become poor, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.

• Proverbs 28:7

  Whoever keeps instruction is an understanding son, but a companion of gluttons shames his father.

• Isaiah 63:19

  We have become like those over whom from of old you have not ruled, upon whom your name has not been called.

• Isaiah 64:1

  If only you would tear open the heavens and come down, that the mountains would melt before you,

• Isaiah 64:3

  When you did fearsome things that we did not wait for, you came down; before you the mountains melted.

• Jeremiah 15:19

  Therefore thus says YHWH: “If you turn back, I will bring you back; before me you will stand; and if you bring out what is precious from what is vile, you will be as my mouth. Let them turn to you, but you must not turn to them.

• Lamentations 1:11

  All her people groan, seeking bread; they have given their precious things for food to bring back life. “See, YHWH, and look, for I have become worthless.”