907. בַּד baḏ: A masculine noun indicating idle talk, empty talk, lying, boasting, bragging. It describes boasting or vain talk, such as Zophar claimed Job was uttering (Job 11:3). An arrogant nation utters false boasts (NASB, Isa. 16:6; Jer. 48:30; 50:36) as do false prophets (Isa. 44:25). 908. בָּדָא bāḏāʾ: A verb meaning to devise, make something up, invent. It is used twice in a negative sense. It describes the making of a new illegal feast by Jeroboam I in Northern Israel in the eighth
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