H2973 יאל - Strong's Hebrew Lexicon Number

יאל
yâ'al
yaw-al'
A primitive root; properly to be slack, that is, (figuratively) to be foolish

KJV Usage: dote, be (become, do) foolish (-ly).

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Hebrew Definitions

BDB3387

יאל

1. to be foolish, become fools, act foolishly, show wicked folly
a. (Niphal)
1. to show wicked folly
2. to become fools
Origin: a primitive root
TWOT: 830
Parts of Speech: Verb

TBESH:

יָאַל: ya.al; H:V; be foolish; 1) to be foolish, become fools, act foolishly, show wicked folly
1a) (Niphal)
1a1) to show wicked folly
1a2) to become fools

View how H2973 יאל is used in the Bible

4 occurrences of H2973 יאל

Numbers 12:11	upon us, in which we have done foolishly,
Isaiah 19:13	are become fools,
Jeremiah 5:4	they are foolish:
Jeremiah 50:36	and they shall become fools:

Distinct usage

1	are become fools,
1	they are foolish:
1	and they shall become fools:
1	upon us, in which we have done foolishly,

Corresponding Greek Words

yaal ni. G50 agnoeo
yaal ni. G1410 dunamai
yaal ni. G1587 ek leipo

Related words

H2973

H2974 יאל yâ'al

יאל
yâ'al
yaw-al'
A primitive root (probably rather the same as H2973 through the idea of mental weakness); properly to yield, especially assent; hence (positively) to undertake as an act of volition

KJV Usage: assay, begin, be content, please, take upon, X willingly, would.