הָלַל
ha.lal
to be foolish
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Hebrew word "הָלַל" (ha.lal) means "to be foolish." Its occurrences in the Bible number 10, indicating that this concept is significant within the text. Given its definition and semantic domain of Cognition & Perception, it appears that "ha.lal" likely refers to a state of lacking knowledge, insight, or discernment. This interpretation aligns with the idea of being foolish, implying a deviation from wisdom. The frequency and range of "ha.lal's" usage in the Bible suggest that understanding or failing to understand, making sensible decisions, or perceiving reality accurately are essential themes in the text.
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Occurrences in Scripture
10 total occurrences across the text
He leads counselors away stripped. He makes judges fools.
Psalms 5:5The arrogant will not stand in your sight. You hate all workers of iniquity.
Psalms 73:3For I was envious of the arrogant, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
Psalms 75:4I said to the arrogant, “Don’t boast!” I said to the wicked, “Don’t lift up the horn.
Psalms 75:4I said to the arrogant, “Don’t boast!” I said to the wicked, “Don’t lift up the horn.
Isaiah 44:25who frustrates the signs of the liars, and makes diviners mad; who turns wise men backward, and makes their knowledge foolish;
Jeremiah 25:16They will drink, and reel back and forth, and be insane, because of the sword that I will send among them.”
Jeremiah 50:38A drought is on her waters, and they will be dried up; for it is a land of engraved images, and they are mad over idols.
Jeremiah 51:7Babylon has been a golden cup in Yahweh’s hand, who made all the earth drunk. The nations have drunk of her wine; therefore the nations have gone mad.
1 Samuel 21:13He changed his behavior before them, and pretended to be insane in their hands, and scribbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down on his beard.