Lexical Definition

‎זָלַל‎ zâlal (zaw-lal') to shake ^H:V
a primitive root (compare ‎זוּל‎)

blow down, glutton, riotous (eater), vile.

• to shake (as in the wind), i.e. to quake
• figuratively, to be loose morally, worthless or prodigal

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

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Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. [‎זָלַל‎] verb shake (Arabic slip, agitate, shake; be agitated, quake, especially of earth-quake) —

Niph`al Perfect ‎נָזֹ֫לּוּ‎ shake, quake Isa 63:19 of mountains at ‎׳‎‎י‎'s presence (Ges De Che Di Du; ᵐ5 ᵑ9 as if from ‎נזל‎ flow down); so Isa 64:2* (but here probably not original Che Di Du); read ‎נָזֹלּוּ‎ likewise Judg 5:5 (ᵐ5 Thes Stu Be Bl MV SS; ᵑ0 ‎נָָֽזְלוּ‎, from ‎נזל‎).

II. [‎זָלַל‎]

verb 1. be light, worthless,

2. make 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 ‎זוֺלֵל‎ Deut 21:20 + 2 t.; ‎זוֺלֵלָ֑ה‎ Lam 1:11 plural ‎זוֺלְלִים‎ Prov 28:7, construct ‎זֹלְלֵי‎ Prov 23:20 —

1. be worthless, insignificant Jer 15:19 (opposed to ‎יָקָר‎) Lam 1:11 (of Jerusalem in distress).

2. transitive make light of = be lavish with, squander (compare II. ‎זוּל‎), especially of gluttony ‎בשׂר‎ ‎׳‎‎ז‎ Prov 23:20 (|| ‎סֹבְאֵי יַיִן‎), absolute vProv 23:21; Deut 21:20 (both || ‎סֹבֵא‎), Prov 28:7. Hiph`il Perfect suffix ‎הִזִּילוּהָ‎ Lam 1:8 causative of Qal 1 make light of, despise (opposed to ‎כִּבֵּד‎); on form compare Ges^{«GKC:67»§ 67}, R. 8 Rob-Ges, MV SS (> assigned to ‎זוּל‎ by Thes Kö^{Lgb. i. 471}).

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