Lexical Definition

‎יָלַל‎ yâlal (yaw-lal') to wail ^H:V
a primitive root

(make to) howl, be howling.

• to howl (with a wailing tone) or yell (with a boisterous one)

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

See Greek: ἀλαλάζω · θρηνέω · ὀλολύζω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎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 Kö^{i. 437, 421}); ‎אֲיֵלִיל‎ Jer 48:31 ‎וְאֵילִי֫לָה‎ Mic 1:8 ‎יְיֵלִיל֫וּ‎ Hos 7:14 (Kö^{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.

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