Yelalah יְלָלָה
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| יְלָלָה | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | yelalah |
| Strong's number | H3215 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | feminine noun |
| Gloss | wailing |
| Occurrences | 5 in 4 verses |
| Most frequent in | Isaiah (1) |
Yelalah (Hebrew יְלָלָה, Strong's H3215) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “wailing”. It occurs 5 times in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
a howling (of distress), wailing
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | howling (5) |
|---|---|
| BSB | wailing (2), their wailing (1), wail (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Yelalah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Isaiah
- Isaiah 15:8For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab; the howling thereof unto Eglaim, and the howling thereof unto Beer–elim.For their outcry echoes to the border of Moab. Their wailing reaches Eglaim; it is heard in Beer-elim.
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 25:36A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and an howling of the principal of the flock, shall be heard: for the Lord hath spoiled their pasture.Hear the cry of the shepherds, the wailing of the leaders of the flock, for the LORD is destroying their pasture.
Zephaniah
- Zephaniah 1:10And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord, that there shall be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, and an howling from the second, and a great crashing from the hills.On that day,” declares the LORD, “a cry will go up from the Fish Gate, a wail from the Second District, and a loud crashing from the hills.
Zechariah
- Zechariah 11:3There is a voice of the howling of the shepherds; for their glory is spoiled: a voice of the roaring of young lions; for the pride of Jordan is spoiled.Listen to the wailing of the shepherds, for their glory is in ruins. Listen to the roaring of the young lions, for the thickets of the Jordan are destroyed.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).