אבטלה

Hebrew

Root
ב־ט־ל (b-ṭ-l)

Alternative forms

• הבטלה

Pronunciation

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Noun

אַבְטָלָה • (avtalá) f [pattern: אַקְטָלָה]

1. idleness, waste.
2. unemployment.

See also

• בָּטַל (batál, “(literary) to lie idle”)

References

• Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons