King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H3213
Transliteration: yalal
Phonetic Spelling: (yaw-lal')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to howl, make a howling
Meaning: to howl, make a howling
Word Summary
yalal: to howl, make a howling
Original Word: יָלַלTransliteration: yalal
Phonetic Spelling: (yaw-lal')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to howl, make a howling
Meaning: to howl, make a howling
Strong's Concordance
make to howl, be howling A primitive root; to howl (with a wailing tone) or yell (with a boisterous one) -- (make to) howl, be howling.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H3213. yalal
[יָלַל] verb Hiph`il howl, make a howling (onomatopoetic) —
Hiph`il Perfect וְהֵילִל consecutive Jeremiah 47:2; וְהֵילִיל֫וּ consecutive Amos 8:3; Imperfect יְיֵלִיל Isaiah 15:2-3t. (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 65:14; Imperative הֵילֵל Ezekiel 21:17; Zechariah 11:2; הֵילִי֫לִי Isaiah 14:31; 49:3 + Jeremiah 48:20 Kt; הֵילִי֫לוּ Isaiah 13:6 13t. + Jeremiah 48:20 Qr, + Ezekiel 30:2 (strike out ᵐ5 Co); — utter or make a howling, give a howl, in distress, "" זעק Hosea 7:14; Jeremiah 47:2; Isaiah 14:31; Jeremiah 25:34; 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 1:11; "" בכה 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 היכל שׁירות והילילו Amos 8:3 and palace-songs shall become howlings, Isaiah 13:6; 16:7; 23:1, 6, 14; Jeremiah 48:39; 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 בֶּןשָֿׁ֑חַר הֵילֵל 14:12 compare below I. הלל above.