יָאַל yâʼal

Hebrew · Strong's H2973 · pronounced yaw-al' · used 4 times in 4 verses

Meaning

properly, to be slack, i.e. (figuratively) to be foolish

In the King James Version: dote, be (become, do) foolish(-ly).

Derivation: a primitive root;

Numbers 12:11 and said to Moses, “My lord, please do not hold against us this sin we have so foolishly committed.
Isaiah 19:13 The princes of Zoan have become fools; the princes of Memphis are deceived. The cornerstones of her tribes have led Egypt astray.
Jeremiah 5:4 Then I said, “They are only the poor; they have played the fool, for they do not know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God.
Jeremiah 50:36 A sword is against her false prophets, and they will become fools. A sword is against her warriors, and they will be filled with terror.