Definition
a primitive root; properly, to be slack, i.e. (figuratively) to be foolish
Traditional renderings: dote, be (become, do) foolish(-ly).
Traditional renderings: dote, be (become, do) foolish(-ly).
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders יָאַל:
- ἐκλείπωekleipō“to fail”always
Usage patterns
Occurrences
4 total
- Numbers 12:11נוֹאַ֖לְנוּ · we have so foolishly…and said to Moses, “My lord, please do not hold against us this sin we have so foolishly committed.
- Isaiah 19:13נֽוֹאֲלוּ֙ · have become foolsThe princes of Zoan have become fools; the princes of Memphis are deceived. The cornerstones of her tribes have led Egypt astray.
- Jeremiah 5:4נוֹאֲל֕וּ · they have played the foolThen 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.
- Jeremiah 50:36וְנֹאָ֑לוּ · and they will become foolsA sword is against her false prophets, and they will become fools. A sword is against her warriors, and they will be filled with terror.