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Lexicon :: Strong's H3213 - yālal

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יָלַל
Transliteration
yālal
Pronunciation
yaw-lal'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 868

Strong’s Definitions

יָלַל yâlal, yaw-lal'; a primitive root; to howl (with a wailing tone) or yell (with a boisterous one):—(make to) howl, be howling.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 31x

The KJV translates Strong's H3213 in the following manner: howl (29x), howlings (1x), variant (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 31x
The KJV translates Strong's H3213 in the following manner: howl (29x), howlings (1x), variant (1x).

  1. (Hiphil) to howl, wail, make a howling

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יָלַל yâlal, yaw-lal'; a primitive root; to howl (with a wailing tone) or yell (with a boisterous one):—(make to) howl, be howling.
STRONGS H3213: Abbreviations
[יָלַל] verb Hiph. howl, make a howling (onomatopoetic) —
Hiph. Perfect וְהֵילִל consecutive Jeremiah 47:2; וְהֵילִיל֫וּ consecutive Amos 8:3; Imperfect יְיֵלִיל Isaiah 15:2 3 times (Ges§ 70. 2, R. 2 Köi. 437, 421); אֲיֵלִיל Jeremiah 48:31; וְאֵילִי֫לָה Micah 1:8; יְיֵלִיל֫וּ Hosea 7:14 (Köi. 421); יְהֵילִי֫לוּ Isaiah 52:5; תִּיִלִי֫לוּ Isaiah 65:14; Imperative הֵילֵל Ezekiel 21:17; Zechariah 11:2; הֵילִי֫לִי Isaiah 14:31; Isaiah 49:3 + Jeremiah 48:20 Kt; הֵילִי֫לוּ Isaiah 13:6 13 times + Jeremiah 48:20 Qr, + Ezekiel 30:2 (strike out Greek Version of the LXX Co); — utter or make a howling, give a howl, in distress, || זעק Hosea 7:14; Jeremiah 47:2; Isaiah 14:31; Jeremiah 25:34; Jeremiah 48:20,31 (followed by על), Ezekiel 21:17; || צעק Isaiah 65:14 (followed by מִן of occasion, source); || ספד Micah 1:8; Jeremiah 4:8; Joel 1:13; || הֹבִישׁ Joel 1:11; || בכה Joel 1:5 (compare Isaiah 15:2,3+ בֶּ֑כִי); followed by על Jeremiah 51:8; Isaiah 15:2,3; We proposes ילילו for יגילו Hosea 10:5 (others יחילו, see גיל above); followed by לְ Isaiah 16:7; absolute והילילו שׁירות היכל Amos 8:3 and palace-songs shall become howlings, Isaiah 13:6; Isaiah 16:7; Isaiah 23:1,6,14; Jeremiah 48:39; Jeremiah 49:3 (Ezekiel 30:2 see above), Zephaniah 1:11; Zechariah 11:2 (twice in verse); in cruel exultation Isaiah 52:5 compare De Che di. — On הֵילֵל בֶּןשָֿׁ֑חַר Isaiah 14:12 compare below I. הלל above.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Isaiah

13:6; 13:6; 14:12; 14:31; 14:31; 15:2; 15:2; 15:2; 15:3; 15:3; 16:7; 16:7; 23:1; 23:6; 23:14; 49:3; 52:5; 52:5; 65:14; 65:14

Jeremiah

4:8; 25:34; 47:2; 47:2; 48:20; 48:20; 48:20; 48:31; 48:31; 48:39; 49:3; 51:8

Ezekiel

21:17; 21:17; 30:2; 30:2

Hosea

7:14; 7:14; 10:5

Joel

1:5; 1:11; 1:13

Amos

8:3; 8:3

Micah

1:8; 1:8

Zephaniah

1:11

Zechariah

11:2; 11:2

H3213

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Strong's Number H3213 matches the Hebrew יָלַל (yālal),
which occurs 31 times in 28 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 13:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:6 - Wail, for the day of the LORD is at hand!
It will come as destruction from the Almighty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:31

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:31 - Wail, O gate! Cry, O city!
All you of Philistia are dissolved;
For smoke will come from the north,
And no one will be alone in his appointed times.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 15:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 15:2 - He has gone up to the temple[fn] and Dibon,
To the high places to weep.
Moab will wail over Nebo and over Medeba;
On all their heads will be baldness,
And every beard cut off.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 15:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 15:3 - In their streets they will clothe themselves with sackcloth;
On the tops of their houses
And in their streets
Everyone will wail, weeping bitterly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 16:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:7 - Therefore Moab shall wail for Moab;
Everyone shall wail.
For the foundations of Kir Hareseth you shall mourn;
Surely they are stricken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 23:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:1 - The burden against Tyre.

Wail, you ships of Tarshish!
For it is laid waste,
So that there is no house, no harbor;
From the land of Cyprus[fn] it is revealed to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 23:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:6 - Cross over to Tarshish;
Wail, you inhabitants of the coastland!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 23:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:14 - Wail, you ships of Tarshish!
For your strength is laid waste.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 52:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:5 - Now therefore, what have I here,” says the LORD,
“That My people are taken away for nothing?
Those who rule over them
Make them wail,”[fn] says the LORD,
“And My name is blasphemed continually every day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 65:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:14 - Behold, My servants shall sing for joy of heart,
But you shall cry for sorrow of heart,
And wail for grief of spirit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:8 - For this, clothe yourself with sackcloth,
Lament and wail.
For the fierce anger of the LORD
Has not turned back from us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:34 - “Wail, shepherds, and cry!
Roll about in the ashes,
You leaders of the flock!
For the days of your slaughter and your dispersions are fulfilled;
You shall fall like a precious vessel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 47:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 47:2 - Thus says the LORD:

“Behold, waters rise out of the north,
And shall be an overflowing flood;
They shall overflow the land and all that is in it,
The city and those who dwell within;
Then the men shall cry,
And all the inhabitants of the land shall wail.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:20 - Moab is shamed, for he is broken down.
Wail and cry!
Tell it in Arnon, that Moab is plundered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:31 - Therefore I will wail for Moab,
And I will cry out for all Moab;
I[fn] will mourn for the men of Kir Heres.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:39 - “They shall wail:
‘How she is broken down!
How Moab has turned her back with shame!’
So Moab shall be a derision
And a dismay to all those about her.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:3 - “Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai is plundered!
Cry, you daughters of Rabbah,
Gird yourselves with sackcloth!
Lament and run to and fro by the walls;
For Milcom shall go into captivity
With his priests and his princes together.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:8 - Babylon has suddenly fallen and been destroyed.
Wail for her!
Take balm for her pain;
Perhaps she may be healed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 21:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:12 - “Cry and wail, son of man;
For it will be against My people,
Against all the princes of Israel.
Terrors including the sword will be against My people;
Therefore strike your thigh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 30:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:2 - “Son of man, prophesy and say, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD:

“Wail, ‘Woe to the day!’

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:14 - They did not cry out to Me with their heart
When they wailed upon their beds.

“They assemble together for[fn] grain and new wine,
They rebel against Me;[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:5 - Awake, you drunkards, and weep;
And wail, all you drinkers of wine,
Because of the new wine,
For it has been cut off from your mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:11 - Be ashamed, you farmers,
Wail, you vinedressers,
For the wheat and the barley;
Because the harvest of the field has perished.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:13 - Gird yourselves and lament, you priests;
Wail, you who minister before the altar;
Come, lie all night in sackcloth,
You who minister to my God;
For the grain offering and the drink offering
Are withheld from the house of your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:3 - And the songs of the temple
Shall be wailing in that day,”
Says the Lord GOD—
“Many dead bodies everywhere,
They shall be thrown out in silence.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:8 - Therefore I will wail and howl,
I will go stripped and naked;
I will make a wailing like the jackals
And a mourning like the ostriches,

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:11 - Wail, you inhabitants of Maktesh![fn]
For all the merchant people are cut down;
All those who handle money are cut off.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 11:2

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:2 - Wail, O cypress, for the cedar has fallen,
Because the mighty trees are ruined.
Wail, O oaks of Bashan,
For the thick forest has come down.
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