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Hebrew · Strong's H2973

יָאַל

yaalyaw-al'

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

1890 spelling: yâʼal

Strong's Dictionary · 1890

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

Rendered in the KJV as

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

  • 4
    occurrencesin the Old Testament
  • 3 of 39
    Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
  • 4
    inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 4 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 4

  • וְנֹאָ֑לוּ1
  • נֽוֹאֲלוּ֙1
  • נוֹאֲל֕וּ1
  • נוֹאַ֖לְנוּ1

How it is rendered · 4

  • and they will become fools1
  • they have acted foolishly1
  • they have become fools1
  • we have acted foolishly1

The sense the word carries at each spot: how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 3

  • verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person common plural2
  • Hc/VNq3cp1
  • verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 1st person common plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
  • HVNp3cp · 2
  • Hc/VNq3cp · 1
  • HVNp1cp · 1

All 4, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Jeremiah carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.

Same headword in Strong's

Hebrew words spelled יָאַל

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), CC BY 4.0: their grammar codes written out in English here, and shown as tagged under each list. Dictionary: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).