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hevel הֶ֫בֶל ‘vanity’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from hāval הָבַל ‘to become vain’
Roots: הבל

hevel n, m
1) vapour, breath
 1a) breath, vapour
 1b) vanity (fig.)
adv
2) vainly

Mentioned in Deuteronomy 32:21 1 Kings 16:13, 16:26 2 Kings 17:15 Isaiah 49:4, 57:13, 30:7 Jeremiah 2:5, 16:19, 10:15, 51:18, 10:8, 8:19, 14:22, 10:3 Jonah 2:9 Zechariah 10:2 Psalms 39:6, 39:12, 62:10, 94:11, 144:4, 39:7, 31:7, 78:33 Proverbs 21:6, 31:30, 13:11 Job 35:16, 21:34, 9:29, 27:12, 7:16 Lamentations 4:17 Ecclesiastes 7:15, 2:21, 2:26, 3:19, 6:11, 6:12, 11:8, 5:9, 9:9, 2:19, 6:2, 2:15, 4:8, 4:16, 2:11, 4:4, 8:14, 5:6, 1:2, 2:1, 12:8, 4:7, 8:10, 1:14, 2:17, 6:4, 11:10, 2:23, 6:9, 7:6

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