יָאַל (yāʾal) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning be foolish. It appears
4 times
in 3 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H2973).
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 830)
Range of meaning (TWOT 830)be foolish; do, act foolishly, shew wicked folly, become fools; be slack; dote, be foolishly
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
יָאַלverb: be foolish
Niphaldo or act foolishly
1.shew wicked folly = sin
2.become fools, lacking insight and judgment
Strong's H2973יָאַל: properly, to be slack, i.e. (figuratively) to be foolish KJV:dote, be (become, do) foolish(-ly).
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.