Hebrew noun (feminine) · H3215
יְלָלָה
yelalahyel-aw-law'
wailing
5 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: yᵉlâlâh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H3215is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 39Old Testament books
- 5spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H3215
{a howl}
The King James renders it: a howling.
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
yelalah is rendered "wailing". It stands 5 times in the Hebrew text, across four books.
- Two of the uses stand in Isaiah, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Isaiah 15:8For their outcry echoes to the border of Moab. Their wailing reaches Eglaim; it is heard in Beer-elim.
- The Greek text spells it five different ways.
The first use
For their outcry echoes to the border of Moab. Their wailing reaches Eglaim; it is heard in Beer-elim.
Isaiah 15:8יִלְלָתָ֔הּ
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's five uses are in Isaiah.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- wailing its2
- and wailing1
- and wailing of1
- wailing of1
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.
All 5, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
5 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
- וִֽילָלָ֖ה1
- וִֽילְלַ֖ת1
- יִֽלְלַ֣ת1
- יִלְלָתָ֔הּ1
- יִלְלָתָֽהּ׃1
The grammar of each form
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular2HNcfsc/Sp3fs
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular1HC/Ncfsa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HC/Ncfsc
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HNcfsc
Isaiah
two uses
For their outcry echoes to the border of Moab. Their wailing reaches Eglaim; it is heard in Beer-elim.
- יִלְלָתָ֔הּyilatahnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: wailing its
- יִלְלָתָֽהּ׃yilatahnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: wailing its
Jeremiah
one use
Hear the cry of the shepherds, the wailing of the leaders of the flock, for the LORD is destroying their pasture.
- וִֽילְלַ֖תvilatconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and wailing of
Zephaniah
one use
On that day,” declares the LORD, “a cry will go up from the Fish Gate, a wail from the Second District, and a loud crashing from the hills.
- וִֽילָלָ֖הvilalahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and wailing
Zechariah
one use
Listen to the wailing of the shepherds, for their glory is in ruins. Listen to the roaring of the young lions, for the thickets of the Jordan are destroyed.
- יִֽלְלַ֣תyilatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: wailing of
Where it leads
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.