Strong's Lexicon

H3213

H3213 — יָלַל

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewyalalverbOccurrences: 31TWOT: 868

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H3213
Word:יָלַל
Part of Speech:verb
Etymology:a primitive root
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:31
Transliteration:yalal
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:yaw-lal'
Meaning:1. to howl (with a wailing tone) or yell (with a boisterous one)
KJV Renderings:(make to) howl, be howling.

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[יָלַל] verb Hiph`il howl, make a howling (onomatopoetic)

Hiph`il Perfect וְהֵילִל consecutive Jer 47:2 וְהֵילִיל֫וּ consecutive Amos 8:3 Imperfect יְיֵלִיל Isa 15:2 + 3 t. (Ges«GKC:70»§ 70. 2, R. 2 i. 437, 421); אֲיֵלִיל Jer 48:31 וְאֵילִי֫לָה Mic 1:8 יְיֵלִיל֫וּ Hos 7:14 ( i. 421); יְהֵילִי֫לוּ Isa 52:5 תִּיִלִי֫לוּ Isa 65:14 Imperative הֵילֵל Ezek 21:17 ; Zech 11:2 הֵילִי֫לִי Isa 14:31; Isa 49:3 + Jer 48:20 Kt ; הֵילִי֫לוּ Isa 13:6 + 13 t. + Jer 48:20 Qr , + Ezek 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), Ezek 21:17 || צעק Isa 65:14 (followed by מִן of occasion, source); || ספד Mic 1:8; Jer 4:8; Joel 1:13 || הֹבִישׁ Joel 1:11 || בכה Joel 1:5 (compare Isa 15:2; Isa 15:3 + בֶּ֑כִי); followed by על Jer 51:8; Isa 15:2; Isa 15:3 We proposes ילילו for יגילו Hos 10:5 (others יחילו, see גיל above); followed by לְ Isa 16:7 absolute והילילו שׁירות היכל Amos 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 (Ezek 30:2 see above), Zeph 1:11; Zech 11:2 (twice in verse); in cruel exultation Isa 52:5 compare De Che di. — On הֵילֵל בֶּןשָֿׁ֑חַר Isa 14:12 compare below I. הלל above.


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

ילל (yah-lal’)

Jeremiah 47:2

KJV: Thus saith the Lord; Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and shall be an overflowing flood, and shall overflow the land, and all that is therein; the city, and them that dwell therein: then the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall howl.all that…: Heb. the fulness thereof
EHCC: and all the inhabitants of the סמם shallhowl.

Amos 8:3

KJV: And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord God: there shall be many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast them forth with silence.shall be howlings: Heb. shall howlwith…: Heb. be silent
EHCC: Andthe songsof thetemple shallbehowlings

Isaiah 13:6

KJV: Howl ye; for the day of the Lord is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.
EHCC: Howl ye; for the day of the Lord (is) at

Isaiah 14:12

KJV: How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!O Lucifer: or, O day star
EHCC: 0 Lucifer, son of the morning! (marg. or,

Isaiah 23:1

KJV: The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of Chittim it is revealed to them.
EHCC: 14, Howl, ye ships Se Tarahich 5

Jeremiah 4:8

KJV: For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the Lord is not turned back from us.
EHCC: gird ou with sackcloth, Jament and howl:

Jeremiah 49:3

KJV: Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled: cry, ye daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth; lament, and run to and fro by the hedges; for their king shall go into captivity, and his priests and his princes together.their king: or, Melcom
EHCC: Howl, 0 Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled:

Jeremiah 51:8

KJV: Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.
EHCC: Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed:

Ezekiel 21:19

KJV: Also, thou son of man, appoint thee two ways, that the sword of the king of Babylon may come: both twain shall come forth out of one land: and choose thou a place, choose it at the head of the way to the city.
EHCC: (17). Cry and howl, son of man:

Joel 1:5

KJV: Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.
EHCC: and howl, all ye drinkers of wine,

Zephaniah 1:11

KJV: Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are cut down; all they that bear silver are cut off.
EHCC: Howl, xe inhabitants of Maktesh,

Isaiah 15:2

KJV: He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard cut off.
EHCC: Moab shail howl over Nebo,

Isaiah 16:7

KJV: Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one shall howl: for the foundations of Kir–hareseth shall ye mourn; surely they are stricken.mourn: or, mutter
EHCC: Therefore shall Moab Aowl for Moab, every

Isaiah 52:5

KJV: Now therefore, what have I here, saith the Lord, that my people is taken away for nought? they that rule over them make them to howl, saith the Lord; and my name continually every day is blasphemed.
EHCC: they that rule over them make them to howl,

Isaiah 65:14

KJV: Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit.vexation: Heb. breaking
EHCC: and shall howl for vexation of spirit.

Jeremiah 48:31

KJV: Therefore will I howl for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab; mine heart shall mourn for the men of Kir–heres.
EHCC: Therefore will I howl for Moab,

Hosea 7:14

KJV: And they have not cried unto me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine, and they rebel against me.
EHCC: when they howled upon their beds:

Micah 1:8

KJV: Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls.owls: Heb. daughters of the owl
EHCC: 1 will wall and howl,
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