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title: יְלֵל — howling · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יְלֵל (3214), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: howling. BDB 1906: howling. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יְלֵל

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«יְלֵל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **howling** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 3214 · **BDB:** יְלֵל

### Glosses

a.howling (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

howling [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3214/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

howling [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3214/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] howling (of beasts);—וּבְתֹהוּ יְלֵל יְשִׁמֹ֑ן Dt 32:10 in a waste of howling of a desert (= in the howling waste of a desert; v Dr).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 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, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יְלֵל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3214/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Deuteronomy 32:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.32.10/)

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יִמְצָאֵ֙הוּ֙ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ מִדְבָּ֔ר וּבְתֹ֖הוּ יְלֵ֣ל יְשִׁמֹ֑ן יְסֹֽבְבֶ֙נְהוּ֙ יְב֣וֹנְנֵ֔הוּ יִצְּרֶ֖נְהוּ כְּאִישׁ֥וֹן עֵינֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* he found.it in a.land of.wilderness and in a.wasteland a.howling of.a.desolate.place he surrounded.it he took.care.of.it he guarded.it like the.pupil his.eye his

*JPS 1917:* He found him in a desert land, and in the waste, a howling wilderness; He compassed him about, He cared for him, He kept him as the apple of His eye.

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