הָלַלhâlal

הָלַל: shine

Pronunciation: haw-lal' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1984

Meanings

Qal: when it, his lamp, shone upon my head (Job 29:3)

Hiph`il: flash forth light (Job 31:26; Job 41:10; Isaiah 13:10)

הָלַל: be boastful, praise

Qal: be boastful (Psalms 75:5; Psalms 5:6; Psalms 73:3)

Pi`el: construct (Psalms 10:3; Psalms 119:164; Isaiah 62:9)

1. praise (Genesis 12:15; Proverbs 27:2; Proverbs 31:28)

2. usually praise אֱלֹהִים, ׳ י etc.

b. on account of (Psalms 119:164; Psalms 69:35; Psalms 119:175)

c. on account of (Psalms 22:24; Psalms 22:23; Psalms 22:25)

d. praise ye yah!, id. (Psalms 135:3; Psalms 104:35; Psalms 106:1)

3. apparently boast, make one's boast compare Qal 2 (Psalms 44:9; Psalms 10:3)

Pu`al: be praised (Psalms 78:63; Proverbs 12:8; 2 Samuel 22:4)

1. human subject be praised, commended (Proverbs 12:18; Psalms 78:63; Ezekiel 26:17)

2. to be praised, worthy of praise, of ׳ י only participle = gerundive (2 Samuel 22:4; Psalms 18:4; Psalms 48:2)

Hithpa`el: glory, boast, make one's boast (1 Kings 20:11; Proverbs 20:14; Psalms 34:3)

1. of self-confident boasting (1 Kings 20:11; Proverbs 20:14; Jeremiah 9:22)

2. of glorying, making one's boast in (בְּ, on the ground of) ׳ י (Psalms 34:3; Isaiah 45:25; Jeremiah 4:2)

3. once, late = passive be praised, commended, of God-fearing woman (Proverbs 31:30)

Po`el: make into a fool, make fool of (Isaiah 44:25; Job 12:17; Ecclesiastes 7:7)

Po`al: mad, (folly) (Ecclesiastes 2:2; Psalms 102:9)

Hithpo`el: act madly, or like a madman (1 Samuel 21:14; Jeremiah 51:7; Nahum 2:5)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 165 times in the Bible.

Genesis 12:15 When the palace officials saw her, they sang her praises to Pharaoh, their king, and Sarai was taken into his palace.
Judges 16:24 When the people saw him, they praised their god, saying, “Our god has delivered our enemy to us! The one who killed so many of us is now in our power!”
1 Samuel 21:13 So he pretended to be insane, scratching on doors and drooling down his beard.
2 Samuel 14:25 Now Absalom was praised as the most handsome man in all Israel. He was flawless from head to foot.
2 Samuel 22:4 I called on the Lord, who is worthy of praise, and he saved me from my enemies.
1 Kings 20:11 The king of Israel sent back this answer: “A warrior putting on his sword for battle should not boast like a warrior who has already won.”

See every passage

Genesis 12:15
Judges 16:24
1 Samuel 21:13
2 Samuel 14:25, 22:4
1 Kings 20:11
1 Chronicles 16:4, 16:10, 16:25, 16:36, 23:5, 23:30, 25:3, 29:13
2 Chronicles 5:13, 7:6, 8:14, 20:19, 20:21, 23:12, 23:13, 29:30, 30:21, 31:2
Ezra 3:10, 3:11
Nehemiah 5:13, 12:24
Job 12:17, 29:3, 31:26, 41:18
Psalms 5:5, 10:3, 18:3, 22:22, 22:23, 22:26, 34:2, 35:18, 44:8, 48:1, 49:6, 52:1, 56:4, 56:10, 63:5, 63:11, 64:10, 69:30, 69:34, 73:3, 74:21, 75:4, 78:63, 84:4, 96:4, 97:7, 102:8, 102:18, 104:35, 105:3, 105:45, 106:1, 106:5, 106:48, 107:32, 109:30, 111:1, 112:1, 113:1, 113:3, 113:9, 115:17, 115:18, 116:19, 117:1, 117:2, 119:164, 119:175, 135:1, 135:3, 135:21, 145:2, 145:3, 146:1, 146:2, 146:10, 147:1, 147:12, 147:20, 148:1, 148:2, 148:3, 148:4, 148:5, 148:7, 148:13, 148:14, 149:1, 149:3, 149:9, 150:1, 150:2, 150:3, 150:4, 150:5, 150:6
Proverbs 12:8, 20:14, 25:14, 27:1, 27:2, 28:4, 31:28, 31:30, 31:31
Ecclesiastes 2:2, 7:7
Song of Solomon 6:9
Isaiah 13:10, 38:18, 41:16, 44:25, 45:25, 62:9, 64:11
Jeremiah 4:2, 9:23, 9:24, 20:13, 25:16, 31:7, 46:9, 49:4, 50:38, 51:7
Ezekiel 26:17
Joel 2:26
Nahum 2:4

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