Lexical Definition

‎בְּטֵל‎ bᵉṭêl (bet-ale') to cease ^A:V
(Aramaic) corresponding to ‎בָּטֵל‎

(cause, make to), cease, hinder.

• to stop

1) (P'al) to cease
1a) to cease
1b) to make to cease

See Greek: ἀργέω · καταργέω

Extended Information

Aramaic of: בָּטֵל

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎בְּטֵל‎] verb cease (late Biblical Hebrew); —

Pe`al Perfect 3 feminine singular ‎בְּטִלַת‎ Ezra 4:24, Participle feminine singular ‎בָּֽטְלָא‎ vEzra 4:24 (both of work). Pa`el make to cease, accusative of person: Perfect 3 masculine plural ‎בַּטִּ֫לוּ‎ Ezra 4:23; Ezra 5:5 Infinitive ‎לְבַטָּלָא‎ Ezra 4:21, accusative of person omitted Ezra 6:3.

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