H0988
בָּטַל
to cease
1) to cease 1a) (Qal) to cease Aramaic equivalent: be.tel (בְּטֵל "to cease" H0989)
The KJV translates H0988 in the following manner:
cease (2x)
Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry
[בָּטַל] verb cease (Late Hebrew בָּטֵל, Arabic , Ethiopic both be futile, vain, but Assyrian ba‰âlu, cease LotzTP 68, so Aramaic בְּטֵיל, ) —
Qal Perfect וּבָֽטְליּ consecutive Eccl 12:3 and the grinders cease.
[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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