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H3213יָלַלya.lal

to wailPart of speech: Hebrew Verb

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Occurrences by book

  1. Genesis: 0
  2. Exodus: 0
  3. Leviticus: 0
  4. Numbers: 0
  5. Deuteronomy: 0
  6. Joshua: 0
  7. Judges: 0
  8. Ruth: 0
  9. 1 Samuel: 0
  10. 2 Samuel: 0
  11. 1 Kings: 0
  12. 2 Kings: 0
  13. 1 Chronicles: 0
  14. 2 Chronicles: 0
  15. Ezra: 0
  16. Nehemiah: 0
  17. Esther: 0
  18. Job: 0
  19. Psalms: 0
  20. Proverbs: 0
  21. Ecclesiastes: 0
  22. Song of Songs: 0
  23. 11
  24. 8
  25. Lamentations: 0
  26. 2
  27. Daniel: 0
  28. 1
  29. 3
  30. 1
  31. Obadiah: 0
  32. Jonah: 0
  33. 1
  34. Nahum: 0
  35. Habakkuk: 0
  36. 1
  37. Haggai: 0
  38. 2
  39. Malachi: 0

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30 occurrences in 28 verses

With their references and text in JPS Tanakh 1917.

  1. Isaiah 13:6

    Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; as destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

    הֵילִ֕ילוּ hei.Li.lu “wail”

  2. Isaiah 14:31

    Howl, O gate; cry, O city; melt away, O Philistia, all of thee; for there cometh a smoke out of the north, and there is no straggler in his ranks.

    הֵילִ֤ילִֽי hei.Li.li “wail”

  3. Isaiah 15:2

    He is gone up to Baith, and to Dibon, to the high places, to weep; upon Nebo, and upon Medeba, Moab howleth; on all their heads is baldness, every beard is shaven.

    יְיֵלִ֔יל ye.ye.Lil “it is wailing”

  4. Isaiah 15:3

    In their streets they gird themselves with sackcloth; on their housetops, and in their broad places, every one howleth, weeping profusely.

    יְיֵלִ֖יל ye.ye.Lil “it is wailing”

  5. Isaiah 16:7

    Therefore shall Moab wail for Moab, every one shall wail; for the sweet cakes of Kir-hareseth shall ye mourn, sorely stricken.

    יְיֵלִ֥יל ye.ye.Lil “it will wail”יְיֵלִ֑יל ye.ye.Lil “it will wail”

  6. 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 Kittim it is revealed to them.

    הֵילִ֣ילוּ׀ hei.Li.lu “wail”

  7. Isaiah 23:6

    Pass ye over to Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants of the coast-land.

    הֵילִ֖ילוּ hei.Li.lu “wail”

  8. Isaiah 23:14

    Howl, ye ships of Tarshish, for your stronghold is laid waste.

    הֵילִ֖ילוּ hei.Li.lu “wail”

  9. Isaiah 52:5

    Now therefore, what do I here, saith the LORD, seeing that My people is taken away for nought? They that rule over them do howl, saith the LORD, and My name continually all the day is blasphemed.

    יְהֵילִ֙ילוּ֙ ye.hei.Li.lu “they wail”

  10. Isaiah 65:14

    Behold, My servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall wail for vexation of spirit.

    תְּיֵלִֽילוּ׃ te.ye.Li.lu “you will wail”

  11. Jeremiah 4:8

    For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and wail; for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us.

    וְהֵילִ֑ילוּ (הֵילִ֑ילוּ) hei.Li.lu “wail”

  12. Jeremiah 25:34

    Wail, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves in the dust, ye leaders of the flock; for the days of your slaughter are fully come, and I will break you in pieces, and ye shall fall like a precious vessel.

    הֵילִ֨ילוּ hei.Li.lu “wail”

  13. Jeremiah 47:2

    Thus saith the LORD: behold, waters rise up out of the north, and shall become an overflowing stream, and they shall overflow the land and all that is therein, the city and them that dwell therein; and the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the la

    וְהֵילִ֕ל (הֵילִ֕ל) hei.Lil “he will wail”

  14. Jeremiah 48:20

    Moab is put to shame, for it is dismayed; wail and cry; tell ye it in Arnon, that Moab is spoiled.

    הֵילִ֣ילוּ hei.li.li “wail”

  15. Jeremiah 48:31

    Therefore will I wail for Moab; yea, I will cry out for all Moab; for the men of Kir-heres shall my heart moan.

    אֲיֵלִ֔יל 'a.ye.Lil “I will wail”

  16. Jeremiah 48:39

    'How is it broken down!' wail ye! 'How hath Moab turned the back with shame!' so shall Moab become a derision and a dismay to all that are round about him.

    הֵילִ֔ילוּ hei.Li.lu “they will wail”

  17. Jeremiah 49:3

    Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai is undone; cry, ye daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth; lament, and run to and fro among the folds; for Malcam shall go into captivity, his priests and his princes together.

    הֵילִ֨ילִי hei.Li.li “wail”

  18. Jeremiah 51:8

    Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed, wail for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.

    הֵילִ֣ילוּ hei.Li.lu “wail”

  19. Ezekiel 21:17

    Cry and wail, son of man; for it is upon My people, it is upon all the princes of Israel; they are thrust down to the sword with My people; smite therefore upon thy thigh.

    וְהֵילֵל֙ (הֵילֵל֙) hei.Lel “wail”

  20. Ezekiel 30:2

    'Son of man, prophesy, and say: Thus saith the Lord GOD: wail ye: Woe worth the day!

    הֵילִ֖ילוּ hei.Li.lu “wail”

  21. Hosea 7:14

    And they have not cried unto Me with their heart, though they wail upon their beds; they assemble themselves for corn and wine, they rebel against Me.

    יְיֵלִ֖ילוּ ye.ye.Li.lu “they wail”

  22. Joel 1:5

    Awake, ye drunkards, and weep, and wail, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine, for it is cut off from your mouth.

    וְהֵילִ֖לוּ (הֵילִ֖לוּ) hei.Li.lu “wail”

  23. Joel 1:11

    Be ashamed, O ye husbandmen, wail, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished.

    הֵילִ֙ילוּ֙ hei.Li.lu “wail”

  24. Joel 1:13

    Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests, wail, ye ministers of the altar; come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God; for the meal-offering and the drink-offering is withholden from the house of your God.

    הֵילִ֙ילוּ֙ hei.Li.lu “wail”

  25. Amos 8:3

    And the songs of the palace shall be wailings in that day, saith the Lord GOD; the dead bodies shall be many; in every place silence shall be cast.

    וְהֵילִ֜ילוּ (הֵילִ֜ילוּ) hei.Li.lu “they will wail”