Original Word: בָּטָא
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: bata or batah
Phonetic Spelling: (baw-taw')
Short Definition: thoughtlessly [, ] (Late Hebrew id., ) —

Participle Proverbs 12:18 one that babbleth (opposed to ).

Imperfect Leviticus 5:4 speak rashly, unadvisedly; so (of Moses) Psalm 106:33; Infinitive Leviticus 5:4 (P).

pronounce, speak unadvisedly

Or batah {baw-taw'}; a primitive root; to babble; hence, to vociferate angrily -- pronounce, speak (unadvisedly).

בּ֭וֹטֶה בוטה וַ֝יְבַטֵּ֗א ויבטא יְבַטֵּ֧א יבטא לְבַטֵּ֨א לבטא bō·w·ṭeh Boteh bōwṭeh lə·ḇaṭ·ṭê ləḇaṭṭê levatTe vayvatTe way·ḇaṭ·ṭê wayḇaṭṭê yə·ḇaṭ·ṭê yəḇaṭṭê yevatTeInterlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts

Strong's Hebrew 981
4 Occurrences

bō·w·ṭeh — 1 Occ.
lə·ḇaṭ·ṭê — 1 Occ.
way·ḇaṭ·ṭê — 1 Occ.
yə·ḇaṭ·ṭê — 1 Occ.

Leviticus 5:4
HEB: כִּ֣י תִשָּׁבַע֩ לְבַטֵּ֨א בִשְׂפָתַ֜יִם לְהָרַ֣ע ׀
NAS: swears thoughtlessly with his lips
KJV: swear, pronouncing with [his] lips
INT: if swears thoughtlessly his lips to do

Leviticus 5:4
HEB: לְ֠כֹל אֲשֶׁ֨ר יְבַטֵּ֧א הָאָדָ֛ם בִּשְׁבֻעָ֖ה
NAS: matter a man may speak thoughtlessly with an oath,
KJV: whatsoever [it be] that a man shall pronounce with an oath,
INT: all manner after may speak A man an oath

Psalm 106:33
HEB: אֶת־ רוּח֑וֹ וַ֝יְבַטֵּ֗א בִּשְׂפָתָֽיו׃
NAS: His Spirit, He spoke rashly with his lips.
KJV: his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips.
INT: were rebellious his Spirit spoke his lips

Proverbs 12:18
HEB: יֵ֣שׁ בּ֭וֹטֶה כְּמַדְקְר֣וֹת חָ֑רֶב
NAS: There is one who speaks rashly like the thrusts
KJV: There is that speaketh like the piercings
INT: There speaks the thrusts of a sword

4 Occurrences