Lexical Summary bata or batah: to speak rashly or thoughtlessly Original Word: בָּטָאTransliteration: bata or batah Phonetic Spelling: (baw-taw') Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to speak rashly or thoughtlessly Meaning: to babble, to vociferate angrily Strong's Concordance pronounce, speak unadvisedly Or batah {baw-taw'}; a primitive root; to babble; hence, to vociferate angrily -- pronounce, speak (unadvisedly). Brown-Driver-Briggs H981. bata or batah [בָּטָא בָּטָה,] verb speak rashly, thoughtlessly (Late Hebrew id., בטי) — Qal Participle בּוֺטֶה Proverbs 12:18 one that babbleth (opposed to חֲכָמִים לְשׁוֺן). Pi`el Imperfect בִשְׁבוּעָה יְבַטֵּא Leviticus 5:4 speak rashly, unadvisedly; so בִשְׂפָתָיו וַיְבַטֵּא (of Moses) Psalm 106:33; Infinitive בִשְׂפָתַיִם לְבַטֵּא Leviticus 5:4 (P). |
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