זָלַלzâlal
זָלַל: shake
Pronunciation: zaw-lal' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2151
Meanings
Niph`al: shake, quake (Isaiah 63:19; Isaiah 64:2; Judges 5:5)
זָלַל: zalâlu, be in ruins
1. be light, worthless
2. make light of
Qal
1. be worthless, insignificant (Jeremiah 15:19; Lamentations 1:11)
2. transitive make light of = be lavish with, squander (compare II. זוּל) (Proverbs 23:20; Proverbs 23:21; Deuteronomy 21:20)
Hiph`il: make light of, despise, causative of Qal 1 (Lamentations 1:8)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 8 times in the Bible.
- Deuteronomy 21:20 The parents must say to the elders, ‘This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious and refuses to obey. He is a glutton and a drunkard.’
- Proverbs 23:20 Do not carouse with drunkards or feast with gluttons,
- Proverbs 23:21 for they are on their way to poverty, and too much sleep clothes them in rags.
- Proverbs 28:7 Young people who obey the law are wise; those with wild friends bring shame to their parents.
- Isaiah 64:1 Oh, that you would burst from the heavens and come down! How the mountains would quake in your presence!
- Isaiah 64:3 When you came down long ago, you did awesome deeds beyond our highest expectations. And oh, how the mountains quaked!
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).