TBESH · H2973
יָאַל · ya.al · be foolish
1) to be foolish, become fools, act foolishly, show wicked folly 1a) (Niphal) 1a1) to show wicked folly 1a2) to become fools
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ya.al H2973
יָאַל (ya.al) means “be foolish” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
יָאַל Hebrew · H2973 4 tagged occurrences in 4 verses
Pronunciation guide: yaw-al' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
Lexicon entries
Strong’s Hebrew dictionary
a primitive root; properly, to be slack, i.e. (figuratively) to be foolish
KJV glosses: dote, be (become, do) foolish(-ly).
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How translators render H2973
Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| and they will become fools | 1 |
| have become fools | 1 |
| they have played the fool | 1 |
| we have so foolishly | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| and they shall dote | 1 |
| are become fools | 1 |
| they are foolish | 1 |
| upon us wherein we have done foolishly | 1 |
Verses containing H2973
Page 1 of 1. 4 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
- Numbers 12:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
and said to Moses, “My lord, please do not hold against us this sin we have so foolishly committed.
Read word by word - Isaiah 19:13
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The princes of Zoan have become fools; the princes of Memphis are deceived. The cornerstones of her tribes have led Egypt astray.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 5:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then I said, “They are only the poor; they have played the fool, for they do not know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 50:36
· BSB · 1 occurrence
A sword is against her false prophets, and they will become fools. A sword is against her warriors, and they will be filled with terror.
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