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הָבַל — Brown–Driver–Briggs | Berean Institutes

Brown–Driver–Briggs: הָבַל

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הָבַל

hābal

act emptily

הָבַל vb. denom. act emptily, become vain

Qal they went after vanity and became vain

Hiph. cause to become vain (of false prophets) i.e. fill you with vain hopes.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB) Hebrew Lexicon, openscriptures/HebrewLexicon, CC BY 4.0. Curated by Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project.