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yāʾal יָאַל ‘be foolish’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: a primitive root

yāʾal v
1) to be foolish, become fools, act foolishly, show wicked folly
 1a) (Niphal)
  1a1) to show wicked folly
  1a2) to become fools

Mentioned in Numbers 12:11 Isaiah 19:13 Jeremiah 5:4, 50:36

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