Naval: Psalm 14 and Samuel 25

Question

Psalms Chapter 14 has in English the word “fool” however in Hebrew the word is “Nabal”
Is this talking about the person found in 1st Book of Samuel Chapter 25?

 

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  1. The Just Ask! - AskTheRabbi.org Team

    The word “naval” in the context of Psalm 14 means a fool or a degraded person.

    In the Book of Samuel, one of the classic commentaries, the Abarbanel, posits that Naval may not have been his real name. It is possible that Naval is the name that his neighbors gave him because he was so disliked due to his selfish personality.

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