H1891–הָבַל–ha.val

And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant which he had made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he had 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, ye yourselves have all seen [ergänzt: it]; and why are ye thus altogether vain?

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

Put not confidence in oppression, and become not vain in robbery; if wealth increase, set not your heart upon it.

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

Thus saith Jehovah: What injustice have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and 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 lead you to vanity; they speak a vision of their own heart, not out of the mouth of Jehovah.

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