יָאַל

Strong’s Definition

properly, to be slack, i.e. (figuratively) to be foolish

Etymology & Derivation

a primitive root;

KJV Usage

dote, be (become, do) foolish(-ly).

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.to be foolish, become fools, act foolishly, show wicked folly
• 2.(niphal)

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: yâʼal; Pronunciation: yaw-al'