King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H981
Transliteration: bata or batah
Phonetic Spelling: (baw-taw')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to speak rashly or thoughtlessly
Meaning: to babble, to vociferate angrily
Word 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).