יָאַל

yaal · act foolishly

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H2973 · appears 4 times in the Bible

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What it means

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

  1. 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

Related words

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!