יָלַלyâlal
howl, make a howling, (onomatopoetic)
Pronunciation: yaw-lal' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3213
Meanings
Hiph`il: utter or make a howling, give a howl (Jeremiah 47:2; Amos 8:3; Isaiah 15:2)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 30 times in the Bible.
- Isaiah 13:6 Scream in terror, for the day of the Lord has arrived— the time for the Almighty to destroy.
- Isaiah 14:31 Wail at the gates! Weep in the cities! Melt with fear, you Philistines! A powerful army comes like smoke from the north. Each soldier rushes forward eager to fight.
- Isaiah 15:2 Your people will go to their temple in Dibon to mourn. They will go to their sacred shrines to weep. They will wail for the fate of Nebo and Medeba, shaving their heads in sorrow and cutting off their beards.
- Isaiah 15:3 They will wear burlap as they wander the streets. From every home and public square will come the sound of wailing.
- Isaiah 16:7 The entire land of Moab weeps. Yes, everyone in Moab mourns for the cakes of raisins from Kir-hareseth. They are all gone now.
- Isaiah 23:1 This message came to me concerning Tyre: Wail, you trading ships of Tarshish, for the harbor and houses of Tyre are gone! The rumors you heard in Cyprus are all true.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).