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# יְלָלָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H3215

**howling** — used 5 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

howling [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3215/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

יְלָלָה: n.f. howling [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3215/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. howling;—וִילָלָה Zp 1:10; cstr. יִֽלֲלַת. Je 25:36; Zc 11:3; יִלְלָתָהּ Is 15:8(×2);—howling in distress Is 15:8(×2) (‖ זְעָקָה), Je 25:36 (of leaders of flock, metaph. for princes; ‖ קול צעקה), Zp 1:10 (‖ id.); קול יִֽלֲלַת הָרֹעִים Zc 11:3 (רעים metaph. for princes).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: wailing (3); of the wailing (1); the wailing (1).

## In the verses

[Jeremiah 25:36](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.25.36/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.25.36/#tree)

ק֚וֹל צַעֲקַ֣ת הָֽרֹעִ֔ים וִֽילְלַ֖ת אַדִּירֵ֣י הַצֹּ֑אן כִּֽי־שֹׁדֵ֥ד יְהוָ֖ה אֶת־מַרְעִיתָֽם׃

*Word for word:* the.sound of.the.cry.of.distress of the.shepherds and the.wailing of.the.noble.\[ones\] of the.flock (dm) \[is\].destroying Yahweh (et) pasture their

*JPS 1917:* Hark! the cry of the shepherds, and the wailing of the leaders of the flock! For the LORD despoileth their pasture.

[Zechariah 11:3](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEC.11.3/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEC.11.3/#tree)

ק֚וֹל יִֽלְלַ֣ת הָרֹעִ֔ים כִּ֥י שֻׁדְּדָ֖ה אַדַּרְתָּ֑ם ק֚וֹל שַׁאֲגַ֣ת כְּפִירִ֔ים כִּ֥י שֻׁדַּ֖ד גְּא֥וֹן הַיַּרְדֵּֽן׃ס

*Word for word:* the.sound of.the.wailing of the.shepherds (dm) it.has.been.devastated splendor their \[the\].sound of.\[the\].roaring of.young.lions (dm) it.has.been.devastated the.thicket\[s\] of the.Jordan

*JPS 1917:* Hark! the wailing of the shepherds, for their glory is spoiled; Hark! the roaring of young lions, for the thickets of the Jordan are spoiled.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/3215.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3215/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).