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H1984Bהָלַלha.lal

to boast: praisePart of speech: Hebrew Verb

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Occurrences by book

  1. 1
  2. Exodus: 0
  3. Leviticus: 0
  4. Numbers: 0
  5. Deuteronomy: 0
  6. Joshua: 0
  7. 1
  8. Ruth: 0
  9. 1 Samuel: 0
  10. 2
  11. 1 Kings: 0
  12. 2 Kings: 0
  13. 8
  14. 12
  15. 3
  16. 2
  17. Esther: 0
  18. Job: 0
  19. 79
  20. 6
  21. Ecclesiastes: 0
  22. 1
  23. 3
  24. 2
  25. Lamentations: 0
  26. 1
  27. Daniel: 0
  28. Hosea: 0
  29. 1
  30. Amos: 0
  31. Obadiah: 0
  32. Jonah: 0
  33. Micah: 0
  34. Nahum: 0
  35. Habakkuk: 0
  36. Zephaniah: 0
  37. Haggai: 0
  38. Zechariah: 0
  39. Malachi: 0

Renderings

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Other meanings of H1984

  • H1984Aהָלַלha.lalto shineH:VOccurrences: 4
  • H1984Cהָלַלha.lalto be foolishH:VOccurrences: 10
  • H1984Hהָלַלha.lalto boast: boastH:VOccurrences: 24
  • H1984Iהָלַלha.lalto boast: rave madlyH:VOccurrences: 5

122 occurrences in 101 verses

With their references and text in JPS Tanakh 1917.

  1. Genesis 12:15

    And the princes of Pharaoh saw her, and praised her to Pharaoh; and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.

    וַיְהַֽלְל֥וּ (יְהַֽלְל֥וּ) y.ha.Lu “they praised”

  2. Judges 16:24

    And when the people saw him, they praised their god; for they said: 'Our god hath delivered into our hand our enemy, and the destroyer of our country, who hath slain many of us.'

    וַֽיְהַלְל֖וּ (יְהַלְל֖וּ) y.ha.Lu “they praised”

  3. 2 Samuel 14:25

    Now in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty; from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.

    לְהַלֵּ֣ל (הַלֵּ֣ל) ha.Lel “praise”

  4. 2 Samuel 22:4

    Praised, I cry, is the LORD, and I am saved from mine enemies.

    מְהֻלָּ֖ל me.hu.Lal “[the one] to be praised”

  5. 1 Chronicles 16:4

    And he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD, and to celebrate and to thank and praise the LORD, the God of Israel:

    וּלְהַלֵּ֔ל (הַלֵּ֔ל) ha.Lel “praise”

  6. 1 Chronicles 16:25

    For great is the LORD, and highly to be praised; He also is to be feared above all gods.

    וּמְהֻלָּל֙ (מְהֻלָּל֙) me.hu.Lal “[is] to be praised”

  7. 1 Chronicles 16:36

    Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting even to everlasting. And all the people said: 'Amen,' and praised the LORD.

    וְהַלֵּ֖ל (הַלֵּ֖ל) ha.Lel “they praised”

  8. 1 Chronicles 23:5

    and four thousand were doorkeepers; and four thousand praised the LORD `with the instruments which I made to praise therewith.'

    מְהַֽלְלִ֣ים me.ha.Lim “[those] praising”לְהַלֵּֽל׃ (הַלֵּֽל) ha.Lel “praise”

  9. 1 Chronicles 23:30

    and to stand every morning to thank and praise the LORD, and likewise at even;

    וּלְהַלֵּ֖ל (הַלֵּ֖ל) ha.Lel “praise”

  10. 1 Chronicles 25:3

    Of Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six; under the hands of their father Jeduthun with the harp, who prophesied in giving thanks and praising the LORD.

    וְהַלֵּ֖ל (הַלֵּ֖ל) ha.Lel “to praise”

  11. 1 Chronicles 29:13

    Now therefore, our God, we thank Thee, and praise Thy glorious name.

    וּֽמְהַֽלְלִ֖ים (מְהַֽלְלִ֖ים) me.ha.Lim “[are] praising”

  12. 2 Chronicles 5:13

    it came even to pass, when the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and praised the LORD: 'for He

    לְהַלֵּ֣ל (הַלֵּ֣ל) ha.Lel “praise”וּבְהַלֵּ֤ל (הַלֵּ֤ל) ha.Lel “praised”

  13. 2 Chronicles 7:6

    And the priests stood, according to their offices; the Levites also with instruments of music of the LORD, which David the king had made, to give thanks unto the LORD, for His mercy endureth for ever, with the praises of David by their hand; and the prie

    בְּהַלֵּ֥ל (הַלֵּ֥ל) ha.Lel “praised”

  14. 2 Chronicles 8:14

    And he appointed, according to the ordinance of David his father, the courses of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their charges, to praise, and to minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required; the doorkeepers also by the

    לְהַלֵּ֨ל (הַלֵּ֨ל) ha.Lel “praise”

  15. 2 Chronicles 20:19

    And the Levites, of the children of the Kohathites and of the children of the Korahites, stood up to praise the LORD, the God of Israel, with an exceeding loud voice.

    לְהַלֵּ֗ל (הַלֵּ֗ל) ha.Lel “praise”

  16. 2 Chronicles 20:21

    And when he had taken counsel with the people, he appointed them that should sing unto the LORD, and praise in the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and say: 'Give thanks unto the LORD, for His mercy endureth for ever.'

    וּֽמְהַֽלְלִ֖ים (מְהַֽלְלִ֖ים) me.ha.Lim “[those who] praised”

  17. 2 Chronicles 23:12

    And when Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and praising the king, she came to the people into the house of the LORD;

    וְהַֽמְהַֽלְלִ֖ים (מְהַֽלְלִ֖ים) m.ha.Lim “were praising”

  18. 2 Chronicles 23:13

    and she looked, and, behold, the king stood on his platform at the entrance, and the captains and the trumpets by the king; and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew with trumpets; the singers also played on instruments of music, and led the sing

    לְהַלֵּ֑ל (הַלֵּ֑ל) ha.Lel “praise”

  19. 2 Chronicles 29:30

    Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praises unto the LORD with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and prostrated themselves.

    לְהַלֵּל֙ (הַלֵּל֙) ha.Lel “praise”וַֽיְהַלְלוּ֙ (יְהַלְלוּ֙) y.ha.Lu “they praised”

  20. 2 Chronicles 30:21

    And the children of Israel that were present at Jerusalem kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with great gladness; and the Levites and the priests praised the LORD day by day, singing with loud instruments unto the LORD.

    וּֽמְהַלְלִ֣ים (מְהַלְלִ֣ים) me.ha.Lim “[were] praising”

  21. 2 Chronicles 31:2

    And Hezekiah appointed the courses of the priest and the Levites after their courses, every man according to his service, both the priests and the Levites, for burnt-offerings and for peace-offerings, to minister, and to give thanks, and to praise in the

    וּלְהַלֵּ֔ל (הַלֵּ֔ל) ha.Lel “praise”

  22. Ezra 3:10

    And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, they set the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise the LORD, according to the direction of David king of Israel.

    לְהַלֵּל֙ (הַלֵּל֙) ha.Lel “praise”

  23. Ezra 3:11

    And they sang one to another in praising and giving thanks unto the LORD: 'for He is good, for His mercy endureth for ever toward Israel.' And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the LORD, because the foundation of the house of t

    בְּהַלֵּ֨ל (הַלֵּ֨ל) ha.Lel “praising”בְהַלֵּל֙ (הַלֵּל֙) ha.Lel “praising”

  24. Nehemiah 5:13

    Also I shook out my lap, and said: 'So God shake out every man from his house, and from his labour, that performeth not this promise; even thus be he shaken out, and emptied.' And all the congregation said: 'Amen', and praised the LORD. And the people di

    וַֽיְהַלְלוּ֙ (יְהַלְלוּ֙) y.ha.Lu “they praised”

  25. Nehemiah 12:24

    And the chiefs of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, to praise and give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, ward against ward.

    לְהַלֵּ֣ל (הַלֵּ֣ל) ha.Lel “praise”