Know the Word.

Hebrew word

yâʼal

yaw-al'

יָאַל

What it means

properly, to be slack, i.e. to be foolish

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

Where it comes from

a primitive root

How the King James translates it

  • foolishly1
  • fools1
  • foolish1
  • dote1

Every place it appears 4

Numbers12:11
Isaiah19:13
Jeremiah5:450:36
yâʼal (H2973) — Hebrew word meaning “properly, to be slack, i”