Word Study · Strong's H421 · Hebrew
אָלָה
alah
aw-law'
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʼâlâh
“to bewail”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
to bewail
Rendered in the KJV as
lament.
- 1occurrencein the Old Testament
- 1 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 1inflected formdistinct spellings
Across 1 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 1
- אֱלִ֕י1
How it is rendered · 1
- wail1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 1
- verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person feminine singular1
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- HVqv2fs · 1
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Same headword in Strong's