H1891–הָבַל–ha.val

And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified unto them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and [ergänzt: went] after the nations that were round about them, concerning whom Jehovah had charged them that they should not do like them.

וַיֶּהְבָּ֔לוּ (יֶּהְבָּ֔לוּ) i.yeh.Ba.lu “they became vain”

Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; Why then are ye become altogether vain?

תֶּהְבָּֽלוּ׃ teh.Ba.lu “do you act in vain”

Trust not in oppression, And become not vain in robbery: If riches increase, set not your heart [ergänzt: thereon].

תֶּ֫הְבָּ֥לוּ teh.Ba.lu “you put vain hope”

thus saith Jehovah, What unrighteousness have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?

וַיֶּהְבָּֽלוּ׃ (יֶּהְבָּֽלוּ) i.yeh.Ba.lu “they became vain”

Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they teach you vanity; they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of Jehovah.

מַהְבִּלִ֥ים mah.bi.Lim “[are] deluding”