TBESH · H3213
יָלַל · ya.lal · to wail
(Hiphil) to howl, wail, make a howling
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ya.lal H3213
יָלַל (ya.lal) means “to wail” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
יָלַל Hebrew · H3213 30 tagged occurrences in 28 verses
Pronunciation guide: yaw-lal' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
Lexicon entries
Strong’s Hebrew dictionary
a primitive root; to howl (with a wailing tone) or yell (with a boisterous one)
KJV glosses: (make to) howl, be howling.
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How translators render H3213
Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| wail | 18 |
| and wail | 4 |
| how they wail | 1 |
| i will wail | 1 |
| let them wail | 1 |
| taunt | 1 |
| they wail | 1 |
| wails | 1 |
| will turn to wailing | 1 |
| will wail | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| howl | 16 |
| and howl | 4 |
| every one shall howl | 2 |
| shall howl | 2 |
| and shall howl | 1 |
| of the morning | 1 |
| over them make them to howl | 1 |
| shall be howlings | 1 |
| therefore will i howl | 1 |
| they shall howl | 1 |
| when they howled | 1 |
Verses containing H3213
Page 1 of 1. 28 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
- Isaiah 13:6
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Wail, for the Day of the LORD is near; it will come as destruction from the Almighty.
Read word by word - Isaiah 14:31
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Wail, O gate! Cry out, O city! Melt away, all you Philistines! For a cloud of smoke comes from the north, and there are no stragglers in its ranks.
Read word by word - Isaiah 15:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Dibon goes up to its temple to weep at its high places. Moab wails over Nebo, as well as over Medeba. Every head is shaved, every beard is cut off.
Read word by word - Isaiah 15:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
In its streets they wear sackcloth; on the rooftops and in the public squares they all wail, falling down weeping.
Read word by word - Isaiah 16:7
· BSB · 2 occurrences
Therefore let Moab wail; let them wail together for Moab. Moan for the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth, you who are utterly stricken.
Read word by word - Isaiah 23:1
· BSB · 1 occurrence
This is the burden against Tyre: Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for Tyre is laid waste, without house or harbor. Word has reached them from the land of Cyprus.
Read word by word - Isaiah 23:6
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Cross over to Tarshish; wail, O inhabitants of the coastland!
Read word by word - Isaiah 23:14
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for your harbor has been destroyed!
Read word by word - Isaiah 52:5
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And now what have I here? declares the LORD. For My people have been taken without cause; those who rule them taunt, declares the LORD, and My name is blasphemed continually all day long.
Read word by word - Isaiah 65:14
· BSB · 1 occurrence
My servants will shout for joy with a glad heart, but you will cry out with a heavy heart and wail with a broken spirit.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 4:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So put on sackcloth, mourn and wail, for the fierce anger of the LORD has not turned away from us.”
Read word by word - Jeremiah 25:34
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Wail, you shepherds, and cry out; roll in the dust, you leaders of the flock. For the days of your slaughter have come; you will fall and be shattered like fine pottery.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 47:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
This is what the LORD says: “See how the waters are rising from the north and becoming an overflowing torrent. They will overflow the land and its fullness, the cities and their inhabitants. The people will cry out, and all who dwell in the land will wail
Read word by word - Jeremiah 48:20
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Moab is put to shame, for it has been shattered. Wail and cry out! Declare by the Arnon that Moab is destroyed.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 48:31
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore I will wail for Moab; I will cry out for all of Moab; I will moan for the men of Kir-heres.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 48:39
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“How shattered it is! How they wail! How Moab has turned his back in shame! Moab has become an object of ridicule and horror to all those around him.”
Read word by word - Jeremiah 49:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai has been destroyed; cry out, O daughters of Rabbah! Put on sackcloth and mourn; run back and forth within your walls, for Milcom will go into exile together with his priests and officials.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 51:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Suddenly Babylon has fallen and been shattered. Wail for her; get her balm for her pain; perhaps she can be healed.
Read word by word - Ezekiel 21:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Cry out and wail, O son of man, for the sword is wielded against My people; it is against all the princes of Israel! They are tossed to the sword with My people; therefore strike your thigh.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 21.17
- Ezekiel 30:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“Son of man, prophesy and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Wail, ‘Alas for that day!’
Read word by word - Hosea 7:14
· BSB · 1 occurrence
They do not cry out to Me from their hearts when they wail upon their beds. They slash themselves for grain and new wine, but turn away from Me.
Read word by word - Joel 1:5
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Wake up, you drunkards, and weep; wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine, for it has been cut off from your mouth.
Read word by word - Joel 1:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Be dismayed, O farmers, wail, O vinedressers, over the wheat and barley, because the harvest of the field has perished.
Read word by word - Joel 1:13
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Put on sackcloth and lament, O priests; wail, O ministers of the altar. Come, spend the night in sackcloth, O ministers of my God, because the grain and drink offerings are withheld from the house of your God.
Read word by word - Amos 8:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“In that day,” declares the Lord GOD, “the songs of the temple will turn to wailing. Many will be the corpses, strewn in silence everywhere!”
Read word by word - Micah 1:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Because of this I will lament and wail; I will walk barefoot and naked. I will howl like a jackal and mourn like an ostrich.
Read word by word - Zephaniah 1:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Wail, O dwellers of the Hollow, for all your merchants will be silenced; all who weigh out silver will be cut off.
Read word by word - Zechariah 11:2
· BSB · 2 occurrences
Wail, O cypress, for the cedar has fallen; the majestic trees are ruined! Wail, O oaks of Bashan, for the dense forest has been cut down!
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