Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #2151 - זָלַל zalal (to shake)

Original Word:	זָלַל
Transliteration:	zalal
Definition:	to shake
Part of Speech:	Verb
Phonetic Spelling:	(zaw-lal')
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

blow down, glutton, riotous eater, vile

A primitive root (compare zuwl); to shake (as in the wind), i.e. To quake; figuratively, to be loose morally, worthless or prodigal -- blow down, glutton, riotous (eater), vile.

see HEBREW zuwl

Englishman's Concordance

1) to be worthless, be vile, be insignificant, be light
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to be worthless, be insignificant
1a2) to make light of, squander, be lavish with
2) to shake, tremble, quake
1a) (Niphal) to shake, quake
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: a primitive root [compare H2107]
Same Word by TWOT Number: 553

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. [זָלַל] verbshake (Arabic

slip,

agitate, shake;

be agitated, quake, especially of earth-quake) —

Niph`alPerfectנָזֹ֫לּוּshake, quakeIsaiah 63:19 of mountains at ׳יs presence (Ges De Che Di Du; ᵐ5ᵑ9 as if from נזלflow down); so Isaiah 64:2 (but here probably not original Che Di Du); read נָזֹלּוּ likewise Judges 5:5 (ᵐ5 Thes Stu Be Bl MV SS; ᵑ0נָָֽזְלוּ, from נזל).

II. [זָלַל] verb 1.be light, worthless,

2make light of (Assyrian zalâlu, be in ruins, COT^Gloss (Assurnasirpal^{Standard Inscr. 15}), Arabic =Aramaic (rare), easy; but זְלַל, , are more common (all intransitive)) —

Qal only Participle active זוֺלֵלDeuteronomy 21:20 2t.; זוֺלֵלָ֑הLamentations 1:11; plural זוֺלְלִיםProverbs 28:7, construct זֹלְלֵיProverbs 23:20 —

1be worthless, insignificantJeremiah 15:19 (opposed to יָקָר) Lamentations 1:11 (of Jerusalem in distress).

2 transitive make light of=be lavish with, squander (compare II. זוּל), especially of gluttony בשׂר׳זProverbs 23:20 ("" סֹבְאֵי יַיִן), absolute Proverbs 23:21; Deuteronomy 21:20 (both "" סֹבֵא), Proverbs 28:7.

Hiph`ilPerfect suffix הִזִּילוּהָLamentations 1:8 causative of Qal 1make light of, despise (opposed to כִּבֵּד); on form compare Ges^{§ 67}, R. 8 Rob-Ges, MV SS (> assigned to זוּל by Thes Kö^{Lgb. i. 471}).

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 2151. זָלַל (zalal) — 8 Occurrences

Deuteronomy 21:20
HEB:שֹׁמֵ֖עַ בְּקֹלֵ֑נוּ זוֹלֵ֖ל וְסֹבֵֽא׃
NAS: he will not obey us, he is a glutton and a drunkard.'
KJV: our voice; [he is] a glutton, and a drunkard.
INT: obey our voice glutton drink

Proverbs 23:20
HEB:בְסֹֽבְאֵי־ יָ֑יִן בְּזֹלֲלֵ֖י בָשָׂ֣ר לָֽמוֹ׃
NAS: of wine, [Or] with gluttonous eaters of meat;
KJV: Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
INT: heavy of wine gluttonous of meat

Proverbs 23:21
HEB:כִּי־ סֹבֵ֣א וְ֭זוֹלֵל יִוָּרֵ֑שׁ וּ֝קְרָעִ֗ים
NAS: For the heavy drinker and the glutton will come to poverty,
KJV: For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty:
INT: For the heavy and the glutton will come rags

Proverbs 28:7
HEB:מֵבִ֑ין וְרֹעֶה זֽ֝וֹלְלִ֗ים יַכְלִ֥ים אָבִֽיו׃
NAS: But he who is a companion of gluttons humiliates
KJV: but he that is a companion of riotous [men] shameth
INT: discerning companion of gluttons humiliates his father

Isaiah 64:1
HEB:מִפָּנֶ֖יךָ הָרִ֥ים נָזֹֽלּוּ׃
NAS: That the mountains might quake at Your presence--
KJV: that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,
INT: your presence the mountains quake

Isaiah 64:3
HEB:מִפָּנֶ֖יךָ הָרִ֥ים נָזֹֽלּוּ׃
NAS: the mountains quaked at Your presence.
KJV: the mountains flowed down at thy presence.
INT: your presence the mountains quaked

Jeremiah 15:19
HEB:תּוֹצִ֥יא יָקָ֛ר מִזּוֹלֵ֖ל כְּפִ֣י תִֽהְיֶ֑ה
NAS: the precious from the worthless, You will become
KJV: the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth:
INT: extract the precious the worthless my spokesman will become

Lamentations 1:11
HEB:כִּ֥י הָיִ֖יתִי זוֹלֵלָֽה׃ ס
NAS: and look, For I am despised.
KJV: and consider; for I am become vile.
INT: For I am despised

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