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title: הִלּוּלִים — rejoicing · The Tanakh dictionary
description: הִלּוּלִים (1974), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: rejoicing. BDB 1906: rejoicing, praise. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# הִלּוּלִים

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«הִלּוּלִים» in the Tanakh dictionary: **rejoicing** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** 1974 · **BDB:** הִלּוּל

### Glosses

of.praise.offerings (1); rejoicings (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

rejoicing [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1974/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

rejoicing, praise [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1974/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] (NH id.) only pl. הִלּוּלִים rejoicing, praise: וַיַּעֲשׂוּ הִלּוּלִים Ju 9:27 i.e. a vintage-rejoicing, merry-making, connected with thanksgiving וַיָּבֹאוּ בֵּית אֱלֹהֵיהֶם, etc. (i.e. god Baal-Berith, see v 4). of praise to י׳, קֹדֶשׁ ה׳ Lv 19:24 (H) holiness of praise, i.e. a consecrated thing in token of thanksgiving for fruit, offered in 4th year (cf. NH).

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Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «הִלּוּלִים» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1974/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Leviticus 19:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.19.24/)

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וּבַשָּׁנָה֙ הָרְבִיעִ֔ת יִהְיֶ֖ה כָּל־פִּרְי֑וֹ קֹ֥דֶשׁ הִלּוּלִ֖ים לַיהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and in the year (the) fourth it.will.be all fruit its a.holy.thing of.praise.offerings to Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* And in the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be holy, for giving praise unto the LORD.

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[Judges 9:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.9.27/)

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וַיֵּצְא֨וּ הַשָּׂדֶ֜ה וַֽיִּבְצְר֤וּ אֶת־כַּרְמֵיהֶם֙ וַֽיִּדְרְכ֔וּ וַֽיַּעֲשׂ֖וּ הִלּוּלִ֑ים וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ בֵּ֣ית אֱ‍ֽלֹֽהֵיהֶ֔ם וַיֹּֽאכְלוּ֙ וַיִּשְׁתּ֔וּ וַֽיְקַלְל֖וּ אֶת־אֲבִימֶֽלֶךְ׃

*Word for word:* and they.went.out the field and they.gathered.grapes (et) vineyards their and they.trod.\[them\] and they.made rejoicings and they.went the.house their.god their and they.ate and they.drank and they.cursed (et) Abimelech

*JPS 1917:* And they went out into the field, and gathered their vineyards, and trod the grapes, and held festival, and went into the house of their god, and did eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech.

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