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 39Old Testament books
- 117spellings
- 5meanings
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
Ninety-four of the word's 165 uses are in Psalms.
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
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| to shineStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereGenesis 12:15When Pharaoh’s officials saw Sarai, they commended her to him… |
| to boast: praiseStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
| to be foolishStrong's entry C | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
| to boast: boastStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
| to boast: rave madlyStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein 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.
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.
- 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.”
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.’”
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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!”
- 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.”
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.”
- 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.
- 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!”
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- לְהַלֵּ֣לlehalelpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to praise
Job
four uses
He leads counselors away barefoot and makes fools of judges.
- 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,
- 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,
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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!
- 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!
- יְהַֽלְל֣וּyehaluverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will praise
My soul boasts in the LORD; let the oppressed hear and rejoice.
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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?
- 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,
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- וְ֝יִתְהַֽלְל֗וּveyithaluHC/Vtu3mptagged: and let them boast
I will praise God’s name in song and exalt Him with thanksgiving.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- 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!
- 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.
- 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.
- 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!
- 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.
- הִֽ֭תְהַלְלוּhithaluverb · reflexive (hithpael), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: boast
that they might keep His statutes and obey His laws. Hallelujah!
- 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.
- 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.
- 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!
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- הַ֥לְלוּhaluverb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: praise
Hallelujah! Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who greatly delights in His commandments.
- הַ֥לְלוּhaluverb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: praise
Hallelujah! Give praise, O servants of the LORD; praise the name of the LORD.
- 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.
- 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!
- 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.
- 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!
- 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!
- הַֽלְלוּ־halu-verb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: praise
Praise the LORD, all you nations! Extol Him, all you peoples!
- 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!
- הַֽלְלוּ־halu-verb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: praise
Seven times a day I praise You for Your righteous judgments.
- 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.
- וּֽתְהַֽלְלֶ֑ךָּutehalekaHC/Vpu3fs/Sp2mstagged: so it may praise you
Hallelujah! Praise the name of the LORD. Give praise, O servants of the LORD,
- 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.
- הַֽ֭לְלוּ־halu-verb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: praise
Blessed be the LORD from Zion— He who dwells in Jerusalem. Hallelujah!
- 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.
- 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.
- וּמְהֻלָּ֣לumehulalconjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive passive (pual), passive participle · masculine singulartagged: and to be praised
Hallelujah! Praise the LORD, O my soul.
- 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.
- אֲהַלְלָ֣הʾahalahverb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will praise
The LORD reigns forever, your God, O Zion, for all generations. Hallelujah!
- 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!
- הַ֥לְלוּhaluverb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: praise
Exalt the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise your God, O Zion!
- הַֽלְלִ֖יhaliverb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: praise
He has done this for no other nation; they do not know His judgments. Hallelujah!
- הַֽלְלוּ־halu-verb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: praise
Hallelujah! Praise the LORD from the heavens; praise Him in the highest places.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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,
- 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.
- 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!
- 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.
- 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.
- 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!
- הַֽלְלוּ־halu-verb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: praise
Hallelujah! Praise God in His sanctuary. Praise Him in His mighty heavens.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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!
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- מִ֝תְהַלֵּ֗לmithalelverb · reflexive (hithpael), participle · masculine singulartagged: boasts
Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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:
- 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.
- 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.
- 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?”
- מְהוֹלָ֑לmeholalverb · intensive passive (pual), passive participle · masculine singulartagged: folly
Surely extortion turns a wise man into a fool, and a bribe corrupts the heart.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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,
- 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.
- 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.”
- 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.
- 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.”
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.”
- 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!’
- 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.
- 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?’
- 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.
- 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.
- 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!
- 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.
- 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.
- יִתְהוֹלְל֣וּyitholuverb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they drive madly
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How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in the first 120 verses where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.
