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title: הָלַל — shine · The Tanakh dictionary
description: הָלַל (1984), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: shine. BDB 1906: vb. shine. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# הָלַל

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«הָלַל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **shine** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 1984 · **BDB:** הָלַל

### Glosses

he (1); it.flashes.forth (1); it.shone (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

shine [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1984/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. shine [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1984/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. shine (according to Thes al. = II. הלל (splenduit, from sonuit acute, clare, so Thes; these meanings, however, merely assumed); but v. LagOr. ii. 19; cf. Arabic هَلَّ begin to shine, هِلَالٌ new moon; Assyrian elêlu, be bright, ellu, bright COTGloss.)— only Inf. sf. בְּהִלּוֹ נֵרוֹ עֲלֵי רֹאשִׁי Jb 29:3 when it, viz. his lamp, shone upon my head (cf. Ew§ 309 c), fig. of God’s favour. Impf. יָהֵל Jb 31:26, 3 fs. תָּהֶל Jb 41:10; 3 mpl. יָהֵלּוּ Is 13:10;—flash forth light, of heavenly bodies, אוֹר = sun Jb 31:26 (‖ יָרֵחַ יָקָר הֹלֵךְ); sq. acc. cogn. כּוֹכְבֵי הַשָּׁמַיִם וּכְסִילֵיהֶם לֹא יָהֵלּוּ אוֹרָם Is 13:10 (‖ חָשַׁךְ הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ, \& יָרֵחַ לֹא־יַגִּיהַּ אוֹרוֹ); also of crocodile עֲטִישֹׁתָיו תָּ֫הֶל אוֹר Jb 41:10 his sneezings flash forth light (shining water-drops).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «הָלַל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1984/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 31:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.31.26/)

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אִם־אֶרְאֶ֣ה א֖וֹר כִּ֣י יָהֵ֑ל וְ֝יָרֵ֗חַ יָקָ֥ר הֹלֵֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* if I.saw a.light (dm) it.shone and.\[the\] moon splendid going

*JPS 1917:* If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;

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[Job 41:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.41.10/)

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עֲ‍ֽ֭טִישֹׁתָיו תָּ֣הֶל א֑וֹר וְ֝עֵינָ֗יו כְּעַפְעַפֵּי־שָֽׁחַר׃

*Word for word:* sneezing(s) its it.flashes.forth light and eyes its \[are\].like.\[the\] eyelids of.dawn

*JPS 1917:* His sneezings flash forth light, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.

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