יָאַל
yaal · act foolishly
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H2973 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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yaal (יָאַל) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “act foolishly”.
Without good sense.
How to say it
ya·al
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
- Act without sense, lose one's wits.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- have become fools ×1
- they act foolishly ×1
- they will become fools ×1
- we have acted foolishly ×1
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Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Numbers 12:11
And Aaron said to Moses, “Oh, my lord, please do not lay on us the sin in which we have acted foolishly and in which we have sinned.
- Isaiah 19:13
The princes of Zoan have become fools; the princes of Memphis are deceived; they have led astray Egypt, the cornerstone of its tribes.
- Jeremiah 5:4
And I said, “Surely these are poor; they act foolishly, for they do not know the way of YHWH, the justice of their Elohim.
- Jeremiah 50:36
A sword against the babblers, and they will become fools! A sword against her mighty men, and they will be dismayed!