To wail
יָלַלStrong’s H3213yalal (ya-lal)
Appears in 28 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Yalal is the Hebrew word usually translated “wail”, “it is wailing” and “it will wail”. It appears in 28 verses of the Old Testament.
“Howl, fir tree; for the cedar is fallen; because the mighty are spoiled: howl, O ye oaks of Bashan; for the forest of the vintage is come down.”
Meaning
- (Hiphil) to howl, wail, make a howling
How it's translated
- wail 15
- and wail 3
- it is wailing 2
- it will wail 2
- they wail 2
- you will wail 1
- and he will wail 1
- i will wail 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Isaiah 10
- Jeremiah 8
- Joel 3
- Ezekiel 2
- Hosea 1
- Amos 1
9 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Isaiah 13:6Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.
- Isaiah 14:31Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou, whole Palestina, art dissolved: for there shall come from the north a smoke, and none shall be alone in his appointed times.
- Isaiah 15:2He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard cut off.
- Isaiah 15:3In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall howl, weeping abundantly.
- Isaiah 16:7Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one shall howl: for the foundations of Kirhareseth shall ye mourn; surely they are stricken.
- Isaiah 23:1The 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 Chittim it is revealed to them.
Hebrew dictionary
יָלַל yalal · to wail
(Hiphil) to howl, wail, make a howling
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “wail” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
WAIL, verb transitive
To lament; to moan; to bewail.
All definitions and other forms of “wail”
WAIL, verb intransitive
To weep; to express sorrow audibly.
- “Therefore I will wail and howl” Micah 1:8
WAIL, noun
Loud weeping; violent lamentation.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.