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ʾĕwīl אֱוִיל ‘fool(ish)’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from an unused root meaning to be perverse

ʾĕwīl adj, m
1) be foolish, foolish
 1a) (subst)
  1a1) of one who despises wisdom
  1a2) of one who mocks when guilty
  1a3) of one who is quarrelsome
  1a4) of one who is licentious

Mentioned in Isaiah 35:8 Jeremiah 4:22 Hosea 9:7 Psalms 107:17 Proverbs 15:5, 27:3, 1:7, 7:22, 10:8, 10:10, 10:14, 10:21, 11:29, 12:15, 12:16, 14:3, 14:9, 16:22, 17:28, 20:3, 24:7, 27:22, 29:9 Job 5:2, 5:3

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