BDB474
III. [אָלָה] verb wail (Aramaic אֲלָא, [untranscribed source text 219]) only
Qal
Imperative feminine singular אֱלִי
Joel 1:8 (see
אַלְלַי
).
Strong's Lexicon
H421
H421 — אָלָה
Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | H421 |
|---|---|
| Word: | אָלָה |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | a primitive root (rather identical with H422 through the idea of invocation) |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | alah |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | aw-law' |
| Meaning: | 1. to bewail |
| KJV Renderings: | lament. |
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Other Resources
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke
Englishman's Hebrew Concordance
אלה (ah-lah’)
Joel 1:8
- KJV: Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.
- EHCC: Lament like ₪. virgin girded with