אָלָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H421

wail — used 1 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 1 verse word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

wail tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

אָלָה³: vb. wail tree →

The whole BDB entry

vb. wail (Aramaic אֲלָא, ܐܶܠܴܐ ) only Imv. fs. אֱלִי Jo 1:8 (v. אַלְלַי).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (14 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (12 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: wail (1).

In the verses

Joel 1:8 · tree →

אֱלִ֕י כִּבְתוּלָ֥ה חֲגֻֽרַת־שַׂ֖ק עַל־בַּ֥עַל נְעוּרֶֽיהָ׃

Word for word: wail like a.virgin girded of.sackcloth on the.husband her.youth(s) her

JPS 1917: Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.

On Mova

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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