יָלַל
yâlal · yaw-lal'
to howl (with a wailing tone) or yell (with a boisterous one)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to howl (with a wailing tone) or yell (with a boisterous one)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (make to) howl, be howling.
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › authority, the one who leads › authority, the one who leads
The hand that works of authority, the one who leads of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יָלַל above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
30 occurrences · 30 OT · 0 NT · 24 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- howl16 · 52%
- and howl4 · 13%
- shall howl2 · 6%
- every one shall howl2 · 6%
- of the morning1 · 3%
- over them make them to howl1 · 3%
- and shall howl1 · 3%
- therefore will i howl1 · 3%
- they shall howl1 · 3%
- when they howled1 · 3%
- shall be howlings1 · 3%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.