יָלַל yalal
Hebrew word for “to wail” · Strong’s H3213 · used 30 times in 28 verses
Meaning
(Hiphil) to howl, wail, make a howling
How it is translated
Glosses given for yalal in context, with how often each is used:
- wail 20
- will wail 8
- wailing 2
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isaiah | 11 | 0.6 | |
| Jeremiah | 8 | 0.4 | |
| Joel | 3 | 3.1 | |
| Ezekiel | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Zechariah | 2 | 0.6 | |
| Hosea | 1 | 0.4 | |
| Amos | 1 | 0.5 | |
| Micah | 1 | 0.7 | |
| Zephaniah | 1 | 1.3 |
Chapters where it is used most
Isaiah 23 (3), Jeremiah 48 (3), Joel 1 (3), Isaiah 15 (2), Isaiah 13 (1), Isaiah 14 (1), Isaiah 16 (1), Isaiah 52 (1), Isaiah 65 (1), Jeremiah 4 (1)
Forms
- הילילו 13
- ייליל 4
- הילילי 2
- והילילו 2
- והילל 2
- יהילילו 1
- תילילו 1
- איליל 1
- יילילו 1
- והיללו 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with yalal more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- זָעַק zaaq “to cry out” 7
- שָׁדַד shadad “to ruin” 5
- סָפַד saphad “to mourn” 4
- חָגַר chagar “to gird” 4
- מוֹאָב moav “Moab” 5
- שַׂק saq “sackcloth” 4
- תַּרְשִׁישׁ tarshish “Tarshish” 3
- קִיר חֶרֶשׂ qir cheres “Kir-hareseth” 2
- בּוֹשׁ bush “be ashamed” 3
- הָגָה hagah “to mutter” 2
- אַדִּיר addir “great” 2
- אֳנִיָּה oniyyah “fleet” 2
Key verses
The verses using yalal that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Isaiah 13:6 — Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.
- Isaiah 15:2 — He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads shall be baldness, and every…
- Isaiah 23:1 — The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of Chittim it is revealed to…
- Isaiah 52:5 — Now therefore, what have I here, saith the LORD, that my people is taken away for nought? they that rule over them make them to howl, saith the LORD; and my…
- Jeremiah 4:8 — For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us.
- Jeremiah 25:34 — Howl, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves in the ashes, ye principal of the flock: for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are…
- Jeremiah 47:2 — Thus saith the LORD; Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and shall be an overflowing flood, and shall overflow the land, and all that is therein; the…
- Jeremiah 49:3 — Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled: cry, ye daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth; lament, and run to and fro by the hedges; for their king shall go…
- Jeremiah 51:8 — Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.
- Hosea 7:14 — And they have not cried unto me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine, and they rebel against me.
- Joel 1:13 — Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and…
- Amos 8:3 — And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord GOD: there shall be many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast them forth with…
See all 28 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.