H2973 יָאַל

Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 4 KJV occurrences

יָאַל

yâʼal · yaw-al'

Definition

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

KJV Renderings

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

Derivation / Etymology

a primitive root;

KJV Verses (4)

Numbers 12:11And Aaron said unto Moses, Alas, my lord, I beseech thee, lay not the sin upon us, wherein we have done foolishly, and wherein we have sinned.
Isaiah 19:13The princes of Zoan are become fools, the princes of Noph are deceived; they have also seduced Egypt, even they that are the stay of the tribes thereof.
Jeremiah 5:4Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the LORD, nor the judgment of their God.
Jeremiah 50:36A sword is upon the liars; and they shall dote: a sword is upon her mighty men; and they shall be dismayed.