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Hebrew verb · H1984

הָלַל

halalhaw-lal'

to shine; to boast: praise; to be foolish; to boast: boast; to boast: rave madly

165 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: hâlal

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H1984is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 19 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 117
    spellings
  • 5
    meanings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H1984

to be clear (orig. of sound, but usually of color); to shine; hence, to make ashow, to boast; and thus to be (clamorously) foolish; to rave; causatively, to celebrate; also to stultify

The King James renders it: (make) boast (self), celebrate, commend, (deal, make), fool(-ish, -ly), glory, give (light), be (make, feign self) mad (against), give in marriage, (sing, be worthy of) praise, rage, renowned, shine.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

halal is rendered "to shine; to boast: praise; to be foolish; to boast: boast; to boast: rave madly". It stands 165 times in the Hebrew text, across nineteen books.

  • Ninety-four of the uses stand in Psalms, more than in any other book.
  • The lexicon lists five meanings for it, beginning with "to shine".
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 12:15When Pharaoh’s officials saw Sarai, they commended her to him, and she was taken into the palace of Pharaoh.
  • The Greek text spells it 117 different ways.

The first use

When Pharaoh’s officials saw Sarai, they commended her to him, and she was taken into the palace of Pharaoh.

Genesis 12:15וַיְהַֽלְל֥וּ

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

What the word means

The word carries five meanings: to shine, and to boast: praise, and to be foolish, and to boast: boast, and to boast: rave madly.

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

The English STEP Bible gives each use, word by word, and how many times.
to shineStrong's entry ATagged aslisted under the tableWhereGenesis 12:15When Pharaoh’s officials saw Sarai, they commended her to him…
to boast: praiseStrong's entry BTagged aslisted under the tableWherein the ledger below
to be foolishStrong's entry CTagged aslisted under the tableWherein the ledger below
to boast: boastStrong's entry BTagged aslisted under the tableWherein the ledger below
to boast: rave madlyStrong's entry BTagged aslisted under the tableWherein the ledger below

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • praise35
  • praise him16
  • to praise9
  • and they praised5
  • I will praise5
  • and to be praised4
  • and to praise4
  • he boast4
  • let them praise3
  • to be praised3
  • and praising2
  • boast2

and 65 more, 165 uses in all

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

הָלַךְhalakto go: wentUses1,546
הָלַםhalamto smiteUses8

The words it stands beside

All 165, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

117 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • הַֽלְלוּ־15
  • הַ֥לְלוּ8
  • הַֽ֝לְל֗וּהוּ4
  • הַֽ֭לְלוּהוּ4
  • הַֽלְל֣וּ3
  • הַֽ֝לְל֗וּהוּ3
  • וּמְהֻלָּ֣ל3
  • יְהַֽלְל֣וּ3
  • יִתְהַלֵּ֥ל3
  • לְהַלֵּ֣ל3
  • הַֽ֝לְלוּ2
  • הַֽלְל֥וּהוּ2

and 105 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • verb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine plural33HVpv2mp
  • verb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular16HVpv2mp/Sp3ms
  • preposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)12HR/Vpcc
  • verb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural7HVpi3mp
  • verb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular6HVpi3ms
  • verb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural5HVti3mp
  • conjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)4HC/R/Vpcc
  • conjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive passive (pual), passive participle · masculine singular4HC/VPsmsa
  • Hc/Vpw3mp4Hc/Vpw3mp
  • verb · intensive passive (pual), passive participle · masculine singular4HVPsmsa
  • verb · reflexive (hithpael), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singular4HVtj3ms
  • conjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine plural3HC/Vprmpa

Genesis

one use
  • When Pharaoh’s officials saw Sarai, they commended her to him, and she was taken into the palace of Pharaoh.

    Genesis 12:15

    • וַיְהַֽלְל֥וּvayhaluHc/Vpw3mptagged: and they praised

Judges

one use
  • And when the people saw him, they praised their god, saying: “Our god has delivered into our hands our enemy who destroyed our land and multiplied our dead.”

    Judges 16:24

    • וַֽיְהַלְל֖וּvayhaluHc/Vpw3mptagged: and they praised

1 Samuel

one use
  • So he changed his behavior before them and feigned madness in their hands; he scratched on the doors of the gate and let his saliva run down his beard.

    1 Samuel 21:13

    • וַיִּתְהֹלֵ֖לvaiyitholelHc/Vtw3mstagged: and he pretended to be mad

2 Samuel

two uses
  • Now there was not a man in all Israel as handsome and highly praised as Absalom. From the sole of his foot to the top of his head, he did not have a single flaw.

    2 Samuel 14:25

    • לְהַלֵּ֣לlehalelpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to praise
  • I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; so shall I be saved from my enemies.

    2 Samuel 22:4

    • מְהֻלָּ֖לmehulalverb · intensive passive (pual), passive participle · masculine singulartagged: to be praised

1 Kings

one use
  • And the king of Israel replied, “Tell him: ‘The one putting on his armor should not boast like one taking it off.’”

    1 Kings 20:11

    • יִתְהַלֵּ֥לyithalelverb · reflexive (hithpael), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he boast

1 Chronicles

nine uses
  • David appointed some of the Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD, to celebrate, to give thanks, and to praise the LORD, the God of Israel.

    1 Chronicles 16:4

    • וּלְהַלֵּ֔לulehalelconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: and to praise
  • Glory in His holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice.

    1 Chronicles 16:10

    • הִֽתְהַֽלְלוּ֙hithaluverb · reflexive (hithpael), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: boast
  • For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; He is to be feared above all gods.

    1 Chronicles 16:25

    • וּמְהֻלָּל֙umehulalconjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive passive (pual), passive participle · masculine singulartagged: and to be praised
  • Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting.” Then all the people said, “Amen!” and “Praise the LORD!”

    1 Chronicles 16:36

    • וְהַלֵּ֖לvehalelconjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: and they praised
  • 4,000 are to be gatekeepers, and 4,000 are to praise the LORD with the instruments I have made for giving praise.”

    1 Chronicles 23:5

    • מְהַֽלְלִ֣יםmehalimverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine pluraltagged: praising
    • לְהַלֵּֽל׃lehalelpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to praise
  • They were also to stand every morning to give thanks and praise to the LORD, and likewise in the evening.

    1 Chronicles 23:30

    • וּלְהַלֵּ֖לulehalelconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: and to praise
  • From the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah—six in all—under the direction of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with the harp, giving thanks and praise to the LORD.

    1 Chronicles 25:3

    • וְהַלֵּ֖לvehalelconjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: and to praise
  • Now therefore, our God, we give You thanks, and we praise Your glorious name.

    1 Chronicles 29:13

    • וּֽמְהַֽלְלִ֖יםumehalimconjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine pluraltagged: and praising

2 Chronicles

twelve uses
  • The trumpeters and singers joined together to praise and thank the LORD with one voice. They lifted up their voices, accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and musical instruments, in praise to the LORD: “For He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.” And the temple, the house of the LORD, was filled with a cloud

    2 Chronicles 5:13

    • לְהַלֵּ֣לlehalelpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to praise
    • וּבְהַלֵּ֤לuvehalelconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: and when praised
  • The priests stood at their posts, as did the Levites with the musical instruments of the LORD, which King David had made for giving thanks to the LORD and with which David had offered praise, saying, “For His loving devotion endures forever.” Across from the Levites, the priests sounded trumpets, and all the Israelites were standing.

    2 Chronicles 7:6

    • בְּהַלֵּ֥לbehalelpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: when praised
  • In keeping with the ordinances of his father David, Solomon appointed the divisions of the priests over their service, and the Levites for their duties to offer praise and to minister before the priests according to the daily requirement. He also appointed gatekeepers by their divisions at each gate, for this had been the command of David, the man of God.

    2 Chronicles 8:14

    • לְהַלֵּ֨לlehalelpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to praise
  • And the Levites from the Kohathites and Korahites stood up to praise the LORD, the God of Israel, shouting in a very loud voice.

    2 Chronicles 20:19

    • לְהַלֵּ֗לlehalelpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to praise
  • Then Jehoshaphat consulted with the people and appointed those who would sing to the LORD and praise the splendor of His holiness. As they went out before the army, they were singing: “Give thanks to the LORD, for His loving devotion endures forever.”

    2 Chronicles 20:21

    • וּֽמְהַֽלְלִ֖יםumehalimconjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine pluraltagged: and praised
  • When Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and cheering the king, she went out to them in the house of the LORD.

    2 Chronicles 23:12

    • וְהַֽמְהַֽלְלִ֖יםvehamhalimconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + verb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine pluraltagged: and who were praising
  • And she looked out and saw the king standing by his pillar at the entrance. The officers and trumpeters were beside the king, and all the people of the land were rejoicing and blowing trumpets, while the singers with musical instruments were leading the praises. Then Athaliah tore her clothes and screamed, “Treason, treason!”

    2 Chronicles 23:13

    • לְהַלֵּ֑לlehalelpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to praise
  • Then King Hezekiah and his officials ordered the Levites to sing praises to the LORD in the words of David and of Asaph the seer. So they sang praises with gladness and bowed their heads and worshiped.

    2 Chronicles 29:30

    • לְהַלֵּל֙lehalelpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to praise
    • וַֽיְהַלְלוּ֙vayhaluHc/Vpw3mptagged: and they praised
  • The Israelites who were present in Jerusalem celebrated the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days with great joy, and the Levites and priests praised the LORD day after day, accompanied by loud instruments of praise to the LORD.

    2 Chronicles 30:21

    • וּֽמְהַלְלִ֣יםumehalimconjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine pluraltagged: and praising
  • Hezekiah reestablished the divisions of the priests and Levites—each of them according to their duties as priests or Levites—for the burnt offerings and peace offerings, for ministry, for giving thanks, and for singing praises at the gates of the LORD’s dwelling.

    2 Chronicles 31:2

    • וּלְהַלֵּ֔לulehalelconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: and to praise

Ezra

three uses
  • When the builders had laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites (the sons of Asaph) with cymbals, took their positions to praise the LORD, as David king of Israel had prescribed.

    Ezra 3:10

    • לְהַלֵּל֙lehalelpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to praise
  • And they sang responsively with praise and thanksgiving to the LORD: “For He is good; for His loving devotion to Israel endures forever.” Then all the people gave a great shout of praise to the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD had been laid.

    Ezra 3:11

    • בְּהַלֵּ֨לbehalelpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: with praising
    • בְהַלֵּל֙vehalelpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: with praising

Nehemiah

two uses
  • I also shook out the folds of my robe and said, “May God likewise shake out of His house and possession every man who does not keep this promise. May such a man be shaken out and have nothing!” The whole assembly said, “Amen,” and they praised the LORD. And the people did as they had promised.

    Nehemiah 5:13

    • וַֽיְהַלְלוּ֙vayhaluHc/Vpw3mptagged: and they praised
  • The leaders of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua son of Kadmiel, along with their associates, who stood across from them to give praise and thanksgiving as one section alternated with the other, as prescribed by David the man of God.

    Nehemiah 12:24

    • לְהַלֵּ֣לlehalelpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to praise

Job

four uses
  • He leads counselors away barefoot and makes fools of judges.

    Job 12:17

    • יְהוֹלֵֽל׃yeholelverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he makes look foolish
  • when His lamp shone above my head, and by His light I walked through the darkness,

    Job 29:3

    • בְּהִלּ֣וֹbehilopreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: when made shine he
  • if I have beheld the sun in its radiance or the moon moving in splendor,

    Job 31:26

    • יָהֵ֑לyahelverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it shone
  • His snorting flashes with light, and his eyes are like the rays of dawn.

    Job 41:18

    • תָּ֣הֶלtahelverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it flashes forth

Psalms

ninety-four uses
  • The boastful cannot stand in Your presence; You hate all workers of iniquity.

    Psalms 5:5

    • הֽ֭וֹלְלִיםholimverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: boasters
  • For the wicked man boasts in the cravings of his heart; he blesses the greedy and reviles the LORD.

    Psalms 10:3

    • הִלֵּ֣לhilelverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he boasts
  • I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; so shall I be saved from my enemies.

    Psalms 18:3

    • מְ֭הֻלָּלmehulolverb · intensive passive (pual), passive participle · masculine singulartagged: to be praised
  • I will proclaim Your name to my brothers; I will praise You in the assembly.

    Psalms 22:22

    • אֲהַלְלֶֽךָּ׃ʾahalekaverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: I will praise you
  • You who fear the LORD, praise Him! All descendants of Jacob, honor Him! All offspring of Israel, revere Him!

    Psalms 22:23

    • הַֽלְל֗וּהוּhaluhuverb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: praise him
  • The poor will eat and be satisfied; those who seek the LORD will praise Him. May your hearts live forever!

    Psalms 22:26

    • יְהַֽלְל֣וּyehaluverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will praise
  • My soul boasts in the LORD; let the oppressed hear and rejoice.

    Psalms 34:2

    • תִּתְהַלֵּ֣לtithalelverb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it will boast
  • Then I will give You thanks in the great assembly; I will praise You among many people.

    Psalms 35:18

    • אֲהַֽלְלֶֽךָּ׃ʾahalekaverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: I will praise you
  • In God we have boasted all day long, and Your name we will praise forever. Selah

    Psalms 44:8

    • הִלַּלְ֣נוּhilalnuverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: we have boasted
  • Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, His holy mountain.

    Psalms 48:1

    • וּמְהֻלָּ֣לumehulalconjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive passive (pual), passive participle · masculine singulartagged: and to be praised
  • They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches.

    Psalms 49:6

    • יִתְהַלָּֽלוּ׃yithalaluverb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they boast
  • Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The loving devotion of God endures all day long.

    Psalms 52:1

    • תִּתְהַלֵּ֣לtithalelverb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: do you boast
  • In God, whose word I praise— in God I trust. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?

    Psalms 56:4

    • אֲהַלֵּ֪לʾahalelverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will praise
  • In God, whose word I praise, in the LORD, whose word I praise,

    Psalms 56:10

    • אֲהַלֵּ֣לʾahalelverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will praise
    • אֲהַלֵּ֥לʾahalelverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will praise
  • My soul is satisfied as with the richest of foods; with joyful lips my mouth will praise You.

    Psalms 63:5

    • יְהַלֶּל־yehalel-verb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will praise
  • But the king will rejoice in God; all who swear by Him will exult, for the mouths of liars will be shut.

    Psalms 63:11

    • יִ֭תְהַלֵּלyithalelverb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will boast
  • Let the righteous rejoice in the LORD and take refuge in Him; let all the upright in heart exult.

    Psalms 64:10

    • וְ֝יִתְהַֽלְל֗וּveyithaluHC/Vtu3mptagged: and let them boast
  • I will praise God’s name in song and exalt Him with thanksgiving.

    Psalms 69:30

    • אֲהַֽלְלָ֣הʾahalahverb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will praise
  • Let heaven and earth praise Him, the seas and everything that moves in them.

    Psalms 69:34

    • יְֽ֭הַלְלוּהוּyehaluhuverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: may they praise him
  • For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

    Psalms 73:3

    • בַּֽהוֹלְלִ֑יםbaholimpreposition with the article + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: of the boasters
  • Do not let the oppressed retreat in shame; may the poor and needy praise Your name.

    Psalms 74:21

    • יְֽהַלְל֥וּyehaluverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: may they praise
  • I say to the proud, ‘Do not boast,’ and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horn.

    Psalms 75:4

    • לַֽ֭הוֹלְלִיםlaholimpreposition with the article + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: to the boasters
    • תָּהֹ֑לּוּtaholuverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you boast
  • Fire consumed His young men, and their maidens were left without wedding songs.

    Psalms 78:63

    • הוּלָּֽלוּ׃hulaluverb · intensive passive (pual), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they were praised
  • How blessed are those who dwell in Your house! They are ever praising You. Selah

    Psalms 84:4

    • יְֽהַלְל֥וּךָyehalukhaverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: they praise you
  • For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; He is to be feared above all gods.

    Psalms 96:4

    • וּמְהֻלָּ֣לumehulalconjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive passive (pual), passive participle · masculine singulartagged: and to be praised
  • All worshipers of images are put to shame— those who boast in idols. Worship Him, all you gods!

    Psalms 97:7

    • הַמִּֽתְהַלְלִ֥יםhamithalimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · reflexive (hithpael), participle · masculine pluraltagged: those boast
  • All day long my enemies taunt me; they ridicule me and curse me.

    Psalms 102:8

    • מְ֝הוֹלָלַ֗יmeholalaiverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: mock me
  • Let this be written for the generation to come, so that a people not yet created may praise the LORD.

    Psalms 102:18

    • יְהַלֶּל־yehalel-verb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will praise
  • May sinners vanish from the earth and the wicked be no more. Bless the LORD, O my soul. Hallelujah!

    Psalms 104:35

    • הַֽלְלוּ־halu-verb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: praise
  • Glory in His holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice.

    Psalms 105:3

    • הִֽ֭תְהַלְלוּhithaluverb · reflexive (hithpael), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: boast
  • that they might keep His statutes and obey His laws. Hallelujah!

    Psalms 105:45

    • הַֽלְלוּ־halu-verb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: praise
  • Hallelujah! Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.

    Psalms 106:1

    • הַֽלְלוּיָ֨הּ׀haluyahverb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine plural + proper noun (a name)tagged: praise Yahweh
  • that I may see the prosperity of Your chosen ones, and rejoice in the gladness of Your nation, and give glory with Your inheritance.

    Psalms 106:5

    • לְ֝הִתְהַלֵּ֗לlehithalelpreposition + verb · reflexive (hithpael), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to boast
  • Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Let all the people say, “Amen!” Hallelujah!

    Psalms 106:48

    • הַֽלְלוּ־halu-verb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: praise
  • Let them exalt Him in the assembly of the people and praise Him in the council of the elders.

    Psalms 107:32

    • יְהַלְלֽוּהוּ׃yehaluhuverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: let them praise him
  • With my mouth I will thank the LORD profusely; I will praise Him in the presence of many.

    Psalms 109:30

    • אֲהַֽלְלֶֽנּוּ׃ʾahallenuverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: I will praise him
  • Hallelujah! I will give thanks to the LORD with all my heart in the council of the upright and in the assembly.

    Psalms 111:1

    • הַ֥לְלוּhaluverb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: praise
  • Hallelujah! Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who greatly delights in His commandments.

    Psalms 112:1

    • הַ֥לְלוּhaluverb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: praise
  • Hallelujah! Give praise, O servants of the LORD; praise the name of the LORD.

    Psalms 113:1

    • הַ֥לְלוּhaluverb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: praise
    • הַ֭לְלוּhaluverb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: praise
    • הַֽ֝לְלוּhaluverb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: praise
  • From where the sun rises to where it sets, the name of the LORD is praised.

    Psalms 113:3

    • מְ֝הֻלָּ֗לmehulalverb · intensive passive (pual), passive participle · masculine singulartagged: to be praised
  • He settles the barren woman in her home as a joyful mother to her children. Hallelujah!

    Psalms 113:9

    • הַֽלְלוּ־halu-verb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: praise
  • It is not the dead who praise the LORD, nor any who descend into silence.

    Psalms 115:17

    • יְהַֽלְלוּ־yehalu-verb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will praise
  • But it is we who will bless the LORD, both now and forevermore. Hallelujah!

    Psalms 115:18

    • הַֽלְלוּ־halu-verb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: praise
  • in the courts of the LORD’s house, in your midst, O Jerusalem. Hallelujah!

    Psalms 116:19

    • הַֽלְלוּ־halu-verb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: praise
  • Praise the LORD, all you nations! Extol Him, all you peoples!

    Psalms 117:1

    • הַֽלְל֣וּhaluverb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: praise
  • For great is His loving devotion toward us, and the faithfulness of the LORD endures forever. Hallelujah!

    Psalms 117:2

    • הַֽלְלוּ־halu-verb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: praise
  • Seven times a day I praise You for Your righteous judgments.

    Psalms 119:164

    • הִלַּלְתִּ֑יךָhilaltikhaverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: I praise you
  • Let me live to praise You; may Your judgments sustain me.

    Psalms 119:175

    • וּֽתְהַֽלְלֶ֑ךָּutehalekaHC/Vpu3fs/Sp2mstagged: so it may praise you
  • Hallelujah! Praise the name of the LORD. Give praise, O servants of the LORD,

    Psalms 135:1

    • הַ֥לְלוּhaluverb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: praise
    • הַֽ֭לְלוּhaluverb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: praise
    • הַֽ֝לְלוּhaluverb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: praise
  • Hallelujah, for the LORD is good; sing praises to His name, for it is lovely.

    Psalms 135:3

    • הַֽ֭לְלוּ־halu-verb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: praise
  • Blessed be the LORD from Zion— He who dwells in Jerusalem. Hallelujah!

    Psalms 135:21

    • הַֽלְלוּ־halu-verb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: praise
  • Every day I will bless You, and I will praise Your name forever and ever.

    Psalms 145:2

    • וַאֲהַלְלָ֥הvaahalahconjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common singulartagged: and I will praise
  • Great is the LORD and greatly to be praised; His greatness is unsearchable.

    Psalms 145:3

    • וּמְהֻלָּ֣לumehulalconjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive passive (pual), passive participle · masculine singulartagged: and to be praised
  • Hallelujah! Praise the LORD, O my soul.

    Psalms 146:1

    • הַֽלְלוּ־halu-verb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: praise
    • הַלְלִ֥יhaliverb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: praise
  • I will praise the LORD all my life; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.

    Psalms 146:2

    • אֲהַלְלָ֣הʾahalahverb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will praise
  • The LORD reigns forever, your God, O Zion, for all generations. Hallelujah!

    Psalms 146:10

    • הַֽלְלוּ־halu-verb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: praise
  • Hallelujah! How good it is to sing praises to our God, how pleasant and lovely to praise Him!

    Psalms 147:1

    • הַ֥לְלוּhaluverb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: praise
  • Exalt the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise your God, O Zion!

    Psalms 147:12

    • הַֽלְלִ֖יhaliverb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: praise
  • He has done this for no other nation; they do not know His judgments. Hallelujah!

    Psalms 147:20

    • הַֽלְלוּ־halu-verb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: praise
  • Hallelujah! Praise the LORD from the heavens; praise Him in the highest places.

    Psalms 148:1

    • הַ֥לְלוּhaluverb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: praise
    • הַֽלְל֣וּhaluverb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: praise
    • הַֽ֝לְל֗וּהוּhaluhuverb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: praise him
  • Praise Him, all His angels; praise Him, all His heavenly hosts.

    Psalms 148:2

    • הַֽלְל֥וּהוּhaluhuverb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: praise him
    • הַֽ֝לְל֗וּהוּhaluhuverb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: praise him
  • Praise Him, O sun and moon; praise Him, all you shining stars.

    Psalms 148:3

    • הַֽ֭לְלוּהוּhaluhuverb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: praise him
    • הַ֝לְל֗וּהוּhaluhuverb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: praise him
  • Praise Him, O highest heavens, and you waters above the skies.

    Psalms 148:4

    • הַֽ֭לְלוּהוּhaluhuverb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: praise him
  • Let them praise the name of the LORD, for He gave the command and they were created.

    Psalms 148:5

    • יְֽ֭הַֽלְלוּyehaluverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: let them praise
  • Praise the LORD from the earth, all great sea creatures and ocean depths,

    Psalms 148:7

    • הַֽלְל֣וּhaluverb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: praise
  • Let them praise the name of the LORD, for His name alone is exalted; His splendor is above the earth and the heavens.

    Psalms 148:13

    • יְהַלְל֤וּ׀yehaluverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: let them praise
  • He has raised up a horn for His people, the praise of all His saints, of Israel, a people near to Him. Hallelujah!

    Psalms 148:14

    • הַֽלְלוּ־halu-verb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: praise
  • Hallelujah! Sing to the LORD a new song— His praise in the assembly of the godly.

    Psalms 149:1

    • הַ֥לְלוּhaluverb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: praise
  • Let them praise His name with dancing, and make music to Him with tambourine and harp.

    Psalms 149:3

    • יְהַֽלְל֣וּyehaluverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: let them praise
  • to execute the judgment written against them. This honor is for all His saints. Hallelujah!

    Psalms 149:9

    • הַֽלְלוּ־halu-verb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: praise
  • Hallelujah! Praise God in His sanctuary. Praise Him in His mighty heavens.

    Psalms 150:1

    • הַ֥לְלוּhaluverb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: praise
    • הַֽלְלוּ־halu-verb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: praise
    • הַֽ֝לְל֗וּהוּhaluhuverb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: praise him
  • Praise Him for His mighty acts; praise Him for His excellent greatness.

    Psalms 150:2

    • הַֽלְל֥וּהוּhaluhuverb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: praise him
    • הַֽ֝לְל֗וּהוּhaluhuverb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: praise him
  • Praise Him with the sound of the horn; praise Him with the harp and lyre.

    Psalms 150:3

    • הַֽ֭לְלוּהוּhaluhuverb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: praise him
    • הַֽ֝לְל֗וּהוּhaluhuverb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: praise him
  • Praise Him with tambourine and dancing; praise Him with strings and flute.

    Psalms 150:4

    • הַֽ֭לְלוּהוּhaluhuverb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: praise him
    • הַֽ֝לְל֗וּהוּhaluhuverb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: praise him
  • Praise Him with clashing cymbals; praise Him with resounding cymbals.

    Psalms 150:5

    • הַֽלְל֥וּהוּhaluhuverb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: praise him
    • הַֽ֝לְל֗וּהוּhaluhuverb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: praise him
  • Let everything that has breath praise the LORD! Hallelujah!

    Psalms 150:6

    • תְּהַלֵּ֥לtehalelverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: let it praise
    • הַֽלְלוּ־halu-verb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: praise

Proverbs

nine uses
  • A man is praised according to his wisdom, but a twisted mind is despised.

    Proverbs 12:8

    • יְהֻלַּל־yehulal-verb · intensive passive (pual), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he is praised
  • “Worthless, worthless!” says the buyer, but on the way out, he gloats.

    Proverbs 20:14

    • יִתְהַלָּֽל׃yithalalverb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he boasts
  • Like clouds and wind without rain is the man who boasts of gifts never given.

    Proverbs 25:14

    • מִ֝תְהַלֵּ֗לmithalelverb · reflexive (hithpael), participle · masculine singulartagged: boasts
  • Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.

    Proverbs 27:1

    • תִּ֭תְהַלֵּלtithalelverb · reflexive (hithpael), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you boast
  • Let another praise you, and not your own mouth—a stranger, and not your own lips.

    Proverbs 27:2

    • יְהַלֶּלְךָ֣yehalelkhaverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: may he praise you
  • Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law resist them.

    Proverbs 28:4

    • יְהַֽלְל֣וּyehaluverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they praise
  • Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband praises her as well:

    Proverbs 31:28

    • וַֽיְהַֽלְלָהּ׃vayhalahHc/Vpw3ms/Sp3fstagged: and he praised her
  • Charm is deceptive and beauty is fleeting, but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.

    Proverbs 31:30

    • תִתְהַלָּֽל׃tithalalverb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: she will be praised
  • Give her the fruit of her hands, and let her works praise her at the gates.

    Proverbs 31:31

    • וִֽיהַלְל֖וּהָvihaluhaHC/Vpu3mp/Sp3fstagged: and let them praise her

Ecclesiastes

two uses
  • I said of laughter, “It is folly,” and of pleasure, “What does it accomplish?”

    Ecclesiastes 2:2

    • מְהוֹלָ֑לmeholalverb · intensive passive (pual), passive participle · masculine singulartagged: folly
  • Surely extortion turns a wise man into a fool, and a bribe corrupts the heart.

    Ecclesiastes 7:7

    • יְהוֹלֵ֣לyeholelverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will make look foolish

Song of Solomon

one use
  • but my dove, my perfect one, is unique, the favorite of the mother who bore her. The maidens see her and call her blessed; the queens and concubines sing her praises.

    Song of Solomon 6:9

    • וַֽיְהַלְלֽוּהָ׃ סvayhaluhaHc/Vpw3mp/Sp3fstagged: and they praised her

Isaiah

seven uses
  • For the stars of heaven and their constellations will not give their light. The rising sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light.

    Isaiah 13:10

    • יָהֵ֖לּוּyaheluverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will flash forth
  • For Sheol cannot thank You; Death cannot praise You. Those who descend to the Pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness.

    Isaiah 38:18

    • יְהַלְלֶ֑ךָּyehalekaverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: it praises you
  • You will winnow them, and a wind will carry them away; a gale will scatter them. But you will rejoice in the LORD; you will glory in the Holy One of Israel.

    Isaiah 41:16

    • תִּתְהַלָּֽל׃ פtithalalverb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will boast
  • who foils the signs of false prophets and makes fools of diviners, who confounds the wise and turns their knowledge into nonsense,

    Isaiah 44:25

    • יְהוֹלֵ֑לyeholelverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he makes look foolish
  • In the LORD all descendants of Israel will be justified and will exult.

    Isaiah 45:25

    • וְיִֽתְהַלְל֖וּveyithaluHC/Vtu3mptagged: and they may boast
  • For those who harvest grain will eat it and praise the LORD, and those who gather grapes will drink the wine in My holy courts.”

    Isaiah 62:9

    • וְהִֽלְל֖וּvehiluHc/Vpq3cptagged: and they will praise
  • Our holy and beautiful temple, where our fathers praised You, has been burned with fire, and all that was dear to us lies in ruins.

    Isaiah 64:11

    • הִֽלְל֙וּךָ֙hilukhaverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: they praised you

Jeremiah

thirteen uses
  • and if you can swear, ‘As surely as the LORD lives,’ in truth, in justice, and in righteousness, then the nations will be blessed by Him, and in Him they will glory.”

    Jeremiah 4:2

    • יִתְהַלָּֽלוּ׃ סyithalaluverb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will boast
  • This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength, nor the wealthy man in his riches.

    Jeremiah 9:23

    • יִתְהַלֵּ֤לyithalelverb · reflexive (hithpael), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he boast
    • יִתְהַלֵּ֥לyithalelverb · reflexive (hithpael), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he boast
    • יִתְהַלֵּ֥לyithalelverb · reflexive (hithpael), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he boast
  • But let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the LORD, who exercises loving devotion, justice and righteousness on the earth—for I delight in these things,” declares the LORD.

    Jeremiah 9:24

    • יִתְהַלֵּ֣לyithalelverb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: let him boast
    • הַמִּתְהַלֵּ֗לhamithalelthe definite article (“the”) + verb · reflexive (hithpael), participle · masculine singulartagged: who boasts
  • Sing to the LORD! Praise the LORD! For He rescues the life of the needy from the hands of evildoers.

    Jeremiah 20:13

    • הַֽלְל֖וּhaluverb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: praise
  • And they will drink and stagger and go out of their minds, because of the sword that I will send among them.”

    Jeremiah 25:16

    • וְהִתְהֹלָ֑לוּvehitholaluHc/Vtq3cptagged: and they will act like mad people
  • For this is what the LORD says: “Sing with joy for Jacob; shout for the foremost of the nations! Make your praises heard, and say, ‘O LORD, save Your people, the remnant of Israel!’

    Jeremiah 31:7

    • הַֽלְלוּ֙haluverb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: praise
  • Advance, O horses! Race furiously, O chariots! Let the warriors come forth—Cush and Put carrying their shields, men of Lydia drawing the bow.

    Jeremiah 46:9

    • וְהִתְהֹלְל֣וּvehitholeluconjunction (“and”) + verb · reflexive (hithpael), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: and drive madly
  • Why do you boast of your valleys—your valleys so fruitful, O faithless daughter? You trust in your riches and say, ‘Who can come against me?’

    Jeremiah 49:4

    • תִּתְהַֽלְלִי֙tithaliverb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: do you boast
  • A drought is upon her waters, and they will be dried up. For it is a land of graven images, and the people go mad over idols.

    Jeremiah 50:38

    • יִתְהֹלָֽלוּ׃yitholaluverb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will act like mad people
  • Babylon was a gold cup in the hand of the LORD, making the whole earth drunk. The nations drank her wine; therefore the nations have gone mad.

    Jeremiah 51:7

    • יִתְהֹלְל֥וּyitholeluverb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they are acting like mad people

Ezekiel

one use
  • Then they will lament for you, saying, “How you have perished, O city of renown inhabited by seafaring men—she who was powerful on the sea, along with her people, who imposed terror on all peoples!

    Ezekiel 26:17

    • הַהֻלָּ֗לָהhahulalahthe definite article (“the”) + verb · intensive passive (pual), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: that it was praised

Joel

one use
  • You will have plenty to eat, until you are satisfied. You will praise the name of the LORD your God, who has worked wonders for you. My people will never again be put to shame.

    Joel 2:26

    • וְהִלַּלְתֶּ֗םvehilaltemHc/Vpq2mptagged: and you will praise

Nahum

one use
  • The chariots dash through the streets; they rush around the plazas, appearing like torches, darting about like lightning.

    Nahum 2:4

    • יִתְהוֹלְל֣וּyitholuverb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they drive madly

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