Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
| Strong's Number: | H2980 |
|---|---|
| Word: | יָבַב |
| Part of Speech: | verb-stem |
| Etymology: | a primitive root |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | yabab |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | yaw-bab |
| Meaning: | 1. to bawl |
| KJV Renderings: | cry out. |
Strong's is an index and starting point, not the final meaning of a word. Do not build doctrine from a gloss, root, or number. Test meaning by sentence, grammar, authorial usage, context, and the passage argument.
[יָבַב] verb only Pi`el cry shrilly (Late Hebrew Pi`el lament; Aramaic [untranscribed source text 2153], יַבֵּב sound clarions, exult; Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 2154] especially I. 2) —
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke
Judges 5:28
