na.val describes people or groups marked by foolish speech, conduct, or rejection of God.

The attested use is an evaluative description for persons or groups whose words and actions are portrayed as foolish: it can characterize a people’s response to the LORD, prophets following their own spirit, speech and conduct involving evil, or a person associated with reproach and failed judgment.

1. Foolish persons or groups · dominant

   The adjective identifies people or groups by conduct judged negatively. In Deuteronomy 32:6 the APB addresses a people who repay the LORD wrongly; in Ezekiel 13:3 it condemns prophets who follow their own spirit without having seen; and in Isaiah 32:6 it introduces a person whose speech, heart, and treatment of hungry and thirsty people are described as evil. Psalm 14:1 likewise places the singular form with the heart’s denial of God and ensuing corrupt conduct.

   Deuteronomy 32:6Ezekiel 13:3Isaiah 32:6Psalm 14:1Proverbs 17:7Psalm 74:22

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB commonly presents the adjective with “fool,” “foolish,” or “foolish people.” In a few verses, including Psalm 39:9 and Psalm 53:2, the translation does not make this term’s specific contribution clear.