נָבַל (nābal) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning sink down. It appears
25 times
in 11 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H5034).
Also rendered
be senseless
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1285)
Range of meaning (TWOT 1285)be senseless, foolish; regard, treat as a, with contumely; wilt, fall, fail, faint, wicked, despise, disgrace; dishounour, lightly esteem, fade, fadeing, falling, do foolishly, come to nought, make vile, wither
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
נָבַלverb: be senseless, foolish
Pielregard or treat as a נָבָל (q.v.), i.e. with contumely
Strong's H5034נָבֵל: to wilt; generally, to fall away, fail, faint; figuratively, to be foolish or (morally) wicked; causatively, to despise, disgrace KJV:disgrace, dishounour, lightly esteem, fade (away, -ing), fall (down, -ling, off), do foolishly, come to nought, × surely, make vile, wither.
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.