יָלַל
yâlal · H3213 · Hebrew · 30 occurrences
Meanings
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to wail, to howl
Action by which humans utter a high-pitched cry to give expression to an emotion, which is usually grief or distress, but can also be triumph and glee
ExamplesIsaiah 13:6 Wail, for the day of the LORD is near! It will come as destruction from the Almighty.
Isaiah 14:31 “Wail, you gate; cry, you city; Melt away, Philistia, all of you! For smoke comes from the north, And there is no straggler in his ranks.
Isaiah 15:2 The people have gone up to the temple and to Dibon, to the high places to weep. Moab wails over Nebo and Medeba; Everyone’s head is bald and every beard is cut off.
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
30 occurrences in 9 groups
- Not stated: you (more than one) 15
- Not stated: you (one person) 4
- Other words · 7 groups that occur once or twice (11) 11
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
8 occurrences in 8 groups
- מִןfrom+ שֶׁבֶרdestruction, fracture 1
- עַלon, upon, over, against+ זֹאתthis 1
- עַלon, upon, over, against+ מוֹאָבMoab 1
- עַלon, upon, over, against+ מִשְׁכָּבbed, couch 1
- עַלon, upon, over, against+ עָסִיסmust 1
- עַלon, upon, over, against+ הָher 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 2 words
- הָמָה hâmâh · H1993 · to moan, to groan, to roar
- Both are verbs of sound with distinct but overlapping senses: הָמָה (hâmâh, H1993) covers a wide range of loud, tumultuous sounds (roar, rage, tumult, clamor), while יָלַל (yâlal, H3213) is more specific to howling and wailing, often in mourning or distress; they overlap in loud, distressing sound-making.
- אָנַק ʼânaq · H602 · to sigh, to groan, to moan
- Both lexemes denote audible vocal expressions of distress: howling and groaning both convey grief or anguish.
In the other Testament 2 words
- ὀλολύζω ololýzō · G3649 · to make a loud cry, to cry aloud
- Greek ὀλολύζω directly renders Hebrew יָלַל's core sense of vocal lamentation expressed as howling or shrieking, with both terms denoting the same type of mournful outcry across Hebrew Bible and LXX contexts.
- ἀλαλάζω alalázō · G214 · to clang, to weep loudly, to wail
- Greek ἀλαλάζω renders Hebrew יָלַל in contexts of loud lamentation or wailing; both denote vocalized expressions of grief or distress, with the Greek term encompassing both human wailing and the clanging sound metaphor that parallels the howling semantic range of the Hebrew.
Semantic domains 1 entry
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- יָלַל means to howl or wail aloud, the cry of lament summoned against the coming day of the LORD (Isaiah 13:6) and echoed throughout Moab's mourning (Isaiah 15:2-3).
Word family 4 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H3213. yalal [יָלַל] verb Hiph`il howl, make a howling (onomatopoetic) — Hiph`il Perfect…
[יָלַל] verb Hiph`il howl, make a howling (onomatopoetic) —
Hiph`il Perfect וְהֵילִל consecutive Jer 47:2; וְהֵילִיל֫וּ consecutive Amo 8:3; Imperfect יְיֵלִיל Isa 15:2-3t. (Ges§ 70. 2, R. 2 Köi. 437, 421); אֲיֵלִיל Jer 48:31; וְאֵילִי֫לָה Mic 1:8; יְיֵלִיל֫וּ Hos 7:14 (Köi. 421); יְהֵילִי֫לוּ Isa 52:5; תִּיִלִי֫לוּ Isa 65:14; Imperative הֵילֵל Eze 21:17; Zec 11:2; הֵילִי֫לִי Isa 14:31; Isa 49:3 + Jer 48:20 Kt; הֵילִי֫לוּ Isa 13:6 Isa 13:13t. + Jer 48:20 Qr, + Eze 30:2 (strike out ᵐ5 Co); — utter or make a howling, give a howl, in distress, || זעק Hos 7:14; Jer 47:2; Isa 14:31; Jer 25:34; Jer 48:20, Jer 48:31 (followed by על), Eze 21:17; || צעק Isa 65:14 (followed by מִן of occasion, source); || ספד Mic 1:8; Jer 4:8; Joe 1:13; || הֹבִישׁ Joe 1:11; || בכה Joe 1:5 (compare Isa 15:2-3,+ בֶּ֑כִי); followed by על Jer 51:8; Isa 15:2-3, We proposes ילילו for יגילו Hos 10:5 (others יחילו, see גיל above); followed by לְ Isa 16:7; absolute היכל שׁירות והילילו Amo 8:3 and palace-songs shall become howlings, Isa 13:6; Isa 16:7; Isa 23:1, Isa 23:6, Isa 23:14; Jer 48:39; Jer 49:3 (Eze 30:2 see above), Zep 1:11; Zec 11:2 (twice in verse); in cruel exultation Isa 52:5 compare De Che di. — On בֶּןשָֿׁ֑חַר הֵילֵל Isa 14:12 compare below I. הלל above.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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