נָבָל
Meanings
Masculine noun
1. villain, vile person, miscreant, scoundrel
2. villain, bad guy (fiction)
Pronunciation
navál
Examples8
לֹא־יִקָּרֵא עוֹד לנָבָל נָדִיב; וּלְכִילַי לֹא יֵאָמֵר שׁוֹעַ.
The vile person shall be no more called liberal; nor the churl said to be bountiful.
חָשַׁבְתִּי שֶׁתּוֹם הָיָה נָבָל.
I thought Tom was a jerk.
אַתָּה נפלת בידיי, נָבָל!
I got you, rascal!
תּוֹם לֹא נִרְאָה נָבָל.
Tom doesn't look evil.
בִּלְתִּי נִסְבֹּל בִּשְׁבִילוֹ לחשוב, שֶׁכַּלְבּוֹ נִמְכַּר לנָבָל הַזֶּה.
He could not bear to think of his dog being sold to that cruel man.
תּוֹם הוּא נָבָל קִיצוֹנִי.
Tom is extremely mean.