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# זָלַל

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2151

**be light** — used 8 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

be light [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2151/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

זָלַל²: vb. 1.be light, worthless make light of Qal [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2151/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. 1.be light, worthless, 2. make light of (Assyrian zalâlu, be in ruins, COTGloss (AsrnStandard Inscr. 15), Arabic ذَلَّ = Aramaic ܕܰܠ (rare), ܕܠܻܝܠܴܐ easy; but זְלַל, ܙܰܠ, are more common (all intrans.))— only Pt. act. זוֹלֵל Dt 21:20 + 2 times; זוֹלֵלָ֑ה La 1:11; pl. זוֹלְלִים Pr 28:7, cstr. זֹלְלֵי Pr 23:20— be worthless, insignificant Je 15:19 (opp. יָקָר) La 1:11 (of Jerusalem in distress). trans. make light of = be lavish with, squander (cf. ii. זוּל), especially of gluttony ז׳ בשׂר Pr 23:20 (‖ סֹבְאֵי יַיִן), abs. v 21 Dt 21:20 (both ‖ סֹבֵא), Pr 28:7. Pf. sf. הִזִּילוּהָ La 1:8 causat. of Qal 1 make light of, despise (opp. כִּבֵּד); on form cf. Ges§ 67, R. 8 RobGes, MV SS (\> assigned to זוּל by Thes KöLgb. i. 471).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: gluttons (2); \[he is\] a glutton (1); \[that which is\] worthless (1).

## In the verses

[Proverbs 23:21](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.23.21/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.23.21/#tree)

כִּי־סֹבֵ֣א וְ֭זוֹלֵל יִוָּרֵ֑שׁ וּ֝קְרָעִ֗ים תַּלְבִּ֥ישׁ נוּמָֽה׃

*Word for word:* (dm) a.drunkard and a.glutton he.will.become.impoverished and rags it.will.clothe.\[him\] drowsiness

*JPS 1917:* For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.

[Proverbs 23:20](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.23.20/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.23.20/#tree)

אַל־תְּהִ֥י בְסֹֽבְאֵי־יָ֑יִן בְּזֹלֲלֵ֖י בָשָׂ֣ר לָֽמוֹ׃

*Word for word:* do.not be among drunkards of.wine among gluttons of.meat (for themselves

*JPS 1917:* Be not among winebibbers; among gluttonous eaters of flesh;

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2151.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2151/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).