H2973 · יָאַל
yâʼal · yaw-al' · foolishly, fool
H2973 (yâʼal, pronounced yaw-al') is the Hebrew word יָאַל in Strong’s dictionary: properly, to be slack, i.e. (figuratively) to be foolish. It appears 4 times in 4 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).
Strong’s entry
- Original word
- יָאַל (Hebrew)
- Transliteration
- yâʼal
- Pronunciation
- yaw-al'
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- Definition
- properly, to be slack, i.e. (figuratively) to be foolish
- Rendered in the KJV
- dote, be (become, do) foolish(-ly).
In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)
4 occurrences in 4 verses.
How the BSB renders it
- “and they will become fools” ×1
- “have become fools” ×1
- “they have played the fool” ×1
- “we have so foolishly” ×1
By book
Numbers 1 · Isaiah 1 · Jeremiah 2