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bᵊliyyaʿal בְּלִיַּ֫עַל ‘Belial’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from bᵊlī בְּלִי ‘without’ and yāʿal יָעַל ‘to gain’
Roots: בלי בלי

bᵊliyyaʿal n, m
1) worthlessness
 1a) worthless, good for nothing, unprofitable, base fellow
 1b) wicked
 1c) ruin, destruction (construct)

Mentioned in Deuteronomy 15:9, 13:14 Judges 20:13, 19:22 1 Samuel 25:17, 25:25, 30:22, 1:16, 10:27, 2:12 2 Samuel 20:1, 16:7, 22:5, 23:6 1 Kings 21:13, 21:10 Nahum 1:11, 2:1 Psalms 18:5, 41:9, 101:3 Proverbs 6:12, 19:28, 16:27 Job 34:18 2 Chronicles 13:7

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