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title: יָלַל — howl · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יָלַל (3213), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 30 times: howl. BDB 1906: vb.Hiph. howl, make howling. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יָלַל

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«יָלַל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **howl** — 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:** 30 times · **Key:** 3213 · **BDB:** יָלַל

### Glosses

wail (18); I.will.wail (2); it.is.wailing (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

howl [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3213/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb.Hiph. howl, make howling [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3213/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb.Hiph. howl, make a howling (onomatop.)— Pf. וְהֵילִל Je 47:2; וְהֵילִי֫לוּ consec. Am 8:3; Impf. יְיֵלִיל Is 15:2 + 3 times (Ges§ 70, 2, R. 2 Köi 437, 421); אֲיֵלִיל Je 48:31; וְאֵילִי֫לָה Mi 1:8; יְיֵלִי֫לוּ Ho 7:14 (Köi 421); יְהֵילִי֫לוּ Is 52:5; תְּיֵלִי֫לוּ Is 65:14; Imv. הֵילֵל Ez 21:17; Zc 11:2; הֵילִי֫לִי Is 14:31; 49:3 + Je 48:20 Kt; הֵילִי֫לוּ Is 13:6 + 13 times + Je 48:20 Qr, + Ez 30:2 (del. 𝔊 Co);—utter or make a howling, give a howl, in distress, ‖ זעק Ho 7:14; Je 47:2; Is 14:31; Je 25:34; 48:20, 31 (sq. על), Ez 21:17; ‖ צעק Is 65:14 (sq. מִן of occasion, source); ‖ ספד Mi 1:8 Je 4:8; Jo 1:13; ‖ הֹבִישׁ Jo 1:11; ‖ בכה 1:5 (cf. Is 15:2, 3 + בֶּ֑כִי); sq. על Je 51:8; Is 15:2, 3; We proposes ילילו for יגילו Ho 10:5 (others יחילו, v. גיל supr. p. 162); sq. לְ Is 16:7; abs. והילילו שׁירות היכל Am 8:3 and palace-songs shall become howlings, Is 13:6; 16:7; 23:1, 6, 14; Je 48:39; 49:3 (Ez 30:2 v supr.), Zp 1:11; Zc 11:2(×2); in cruel exultation Is 52:5 cf. De Che Di.—On הֵילֵל בֶּן־שָׁ֑חַר Is 14:12 cf. sub I. הלל supr. p. 237.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 28 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 (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יָלַל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3213/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 23:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.23.6/)

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עִבְר֖וּ תַּרְשִׁ֑ישָׁה הֵילִ֖ילוּ יֹ֥שְׁבֵי אִֽי׃

*Word for word:* pass.over to Tarshish wail O.inhabitants of.\[the\].coastland

*JPS 1917:* Pass ye over to Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants of the coast-land.

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[Isaiah 23:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.23.14/)

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הֵילִ֖ילוּ אֳנִיּ֣וֹת תַּרְשִׁ֑ישׁ כִּ֥י שֻׁדַּ֖ד מָעֻזְּכֶֽן׃ס

*Word for word:* wail O.ships of.Tarshish (dm) it.has.been.devastated stronghold your

*JPS 1917:* Howl, ye ships of Tarshish, for your stronghold is laid waste.

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