Wailing
יְלָלָהStrong’s H3215yelalah (ye-la-lah)
Appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Yelalah is the Hebrew word usually translated “wailing its”, “wailing of” and “wailing”. It appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
“There is a voice of the howling of the shepherds; for their glory is spoiled: a voice of the roaring of young lions; for the pride of Jordan is spoiled.”
Meaning
- A howling (of distress), wailing
How it's translated
- wailing its 2
- and wailing of 1
- and wailing 1
- wailing of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Isaiah 1
- Jeremiah 1
- Zephaniah 1
- Zechariah 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Isaiah 15:8For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab; the howling thereof unto Eglaim, and the howling thereof unto Beerelim.
- Jeremiah 25:36A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and an howling of the principal of the flock, shall be heard: for the LORD hath spoiled their pasture.
- Zephaniah 1:10And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD, that there shall be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, and an howling from the second, and a great crashing from the hills.
Hebrew dictionary
יְלָלָה yelalah · wailing
a howling (of distress), wailing
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “wailing” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
WAILING, participle present
tense Lamenting with audible cries.
All definitions and other forms of “wailing”
WAILING, noun
Loud cries of sorrow; deep lamentation.
- “There shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth” Matthew 13:42
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.