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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
Dictionary Aids

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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:6 - Wail, for the day of the LORD is near; it will come like destruction from the Almighty.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:31 - Wail, you gate! Howl, you city! Melt away, all you Philistines! A cloud of smoke comes from the north, and there is not a straggler in its ranks.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 15:2 - Dibon goes up to its temple, to its high places to weep; Moab wails over Nebo and Medeba. Every head is shaved and every beard cut off.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 15:3 - In the streets they wear sackcloth; on the roofs and in the public squares they all wail, prostrate with weeping.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:7 - Therefore the Moabites wail, they wail together for Moab. Lament and grieve for the raisin cakes of Kir Hareseth.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:1 - A prophecy against Tyre: Wail, you ships of Tarshish! For Tyre is destroyed and left without house or harbor. From the land of Cyprus word has come to them.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:6 - Cross over to Tarshish; wail, you people of the island.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:14 - Wail, you ships of Tarshish; your fortress is destroyed!
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:5 - “And now what do I have here?” declares the LORD. “For my people have been taken away for nothing, and those who rule them mock,[fn]

declares the LORD.

“And all day long my name is constantly blasphemed.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:14 - My servants will sing out of the joy of their hearts, but you will cry out from anguish of heart and wail in brokenness of spirit.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:8 - So put on sackcloth, lament and wail, for the fierce anger of the LORD has not turned away from us.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:34 - Weep and wail, you shepherds; roll in the dust, you leaders of the flock. For your time to be slaughtered has come; you will fall like the best of the rams.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 47:2 - This is what the LORD says: “See how the waters are rising in the north; they will become an overflowing torrent. They will overflow the land and everything in it, the towns and those who live in them. The people will cry out; all who dwell in the land will wail
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:20 - Moab is disgraced, for she is shattered. Wail and cry out! Announce by the Arnon that Moab is destroyed.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:31 - Therefore I wail over Moab, for all Moab I cry out, I moan for the people of Kir Hareseth.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:39 - “How shattered she is! How they wail! How Moab turns her back in shame! Moab has become an object of ridicule, an object of horror to all those around her.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:3 - “Wail, Heshbon, for Ai is destroyed! Cry out, you inhabitants of Rabbah! Put on sackcloth and mourn; rush here and there inside the walls, for Molek will go into exile, together with his priests and officials.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:8 - Babylon will suddenly fall and be broken. Wail over her! Get balm for her pain; perhaps she can be healed.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:12 - Cry out and wail, son of man, for it is against my people; it is against all the princes of Israel. They are thrown to the sword along with my people. Therefore beat your breast.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:2 - “Son of man, prophesy and say: ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: “ ‘Wail and say, “Alas for that day!”
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:14 - They do not cry out to me from their hearts but wail on their beds. They slash themselves,[fn] appealing to their gods for grain and new wine, but they turn away from me.
Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:5 - Wake up, you drunkards, and weep! Wail, all you drinkers of wine; wail because of the new wine, for it has been snatched from your lips.
Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:11 - Despair, you farmers, wail, you vine growers; grieve for the wheat and the barley, because the harvest of the field is destroyed.
Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:13 - Put on sackcloth, you priests, and mourn; wail, you who minister before the altar. Come, spend the night in sackcloth, you who minister before my God; for the grain offerings and drink offerings are withheld from the house of your God.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:3 - “In that day,” declares the Sovereign LORD, “the songs in the temple will turn to wailing.[fn] Many, many bodies—flung everywhere! Silence!”
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:8 - Because of this I will weep and wail; I will go about barefoot and naked. I will howl like a jackal and moan like an owl.
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:11 - Wail, you who live in the market district[fn]; all your merchants will be wiped out, all who trade with[fn] silver will be destroyed.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:2 - Wail, you juniper, for the cedar has fallen; the stately trees are ruined! Wail, oaks of Bashan; the dense forest has been cut down!
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