הָלַל
to praise
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Verb
- An action or state-of-being word.
Stem
- Piel
- An intensive or resultative active stem. Here: ‘praise man or woman’
- Pual
- The passive counterpart of the Piel. Here: ‘human subj.’
- Hithpael
- The reflexive or reciprocal stem (the subject acts on itself).
- Qal
- The basic, simple active stem — the plain form of the verb (“he wrote”). Here: ‘only Inf. sf.’
- Hithpolel
- The reflexive counterpart of the Polel.
- Hiphil
- The causative active stem (“he caused / brought about”).
Form
- Imperative
- A direct command (“write!”).
- Infinitive Construct
- A bound verbal noun, frequently with prepositions (“to write / in writing”).
- Participle Passive
- A verbal adjective expressing action received (“written”).
- Sequential Imperfect
- An imperfect with prefixed waw — the standard past-narrative form (waw-consecutive imperfect).
- Imperfect
- An incomplete, ongoing, or future action (“he will / would write”).
- Jussive
- A third- or second-person volitional form expressing wish or command (“let him write”).
- Participle Active
- A verbal adjective expressing ongoing or characteristic action (“writing / one who writes”).
- Infinitive Absolute
- An unbound verbal noun, often intensifying or standing in for a finite verb.
- Cohortative
- A first-person volitional form expressing wish or resolve (“let me / let us write”).
- Sequential Perfect
- A perfect with prefixed waw continuing a preceding imperfect or command (waw-consecutive perfect).
- Perfect
- A completed action or state — Hebrew marks aspect (completeness) more than strict tense (“he wrote”).
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
Person
- 2nd Person
- The one addressed (“you”).
- 3rd Person
- The one spoken about (“he / she / it / they”).
- 1st Person
- The speaker (“I / we”).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
- Common
- Either gender — not distinguished for this form.
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
Number
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
- Singular
- One.
Grammatical forms 50 distinct
- Verb, Piel, Imperative, 2nd Person, Masculine, Plural 50 times (30%)
- Verb, Piel, Infinitive Construct 16 times (10%)
- Verb, Piel, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural 8 times (5%)
- Verb, Pual, Participle Passive, Masculine, Singular, Absolute 7 times (4%)
- Verb, Hithpael, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural 6 times (4%)
- Verb, Piel, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural 5 times (3%)
- Verb, Piel, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular 5 times (3%)
- Verb, Piel, Participle Active, Masculine, Plural, Absolute 5 times (3%)
+42 more forms (63 occurrences)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (morphhb / Westminster Leningrad Codex — WLC text public domain, morphhb tagging CC BY 4.0), counted across 165 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
Every verse where H1984 appears — 140 distinct verses across 19 books. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Genesis 1 verse
Judges 1 verse
1 Samuel 1 verse
2 Samuel 2 verses
- 2 Samuel 14:25 לְ/הַלֵּ֣ל prep + Piel inf.cs Now in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.
- 2 Samuel 22:4 מְהֻלָּ֖ל Pual ptcp.pass ms I will call on Yahweh, who is worthy to be praised: So shall I be saved from my enemies.
1 Kings 1 verse
1 Chronicles 8 verses
- 1 Chronicles 16:4 וּ/לְ/הַלֵּ֔ל conj + prep + Piel inf.cs He appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark of Yahweh, and to celebrate and to thank and praise Yahweh, the God of Israel:
- 1 Chronicles 16:10 הִֽתְהַֽלְלוּ֙ Hithpael impv 2mp Glory you in his holy name; Let the heart of them rejoice who seek Yahweh.
- 1 Chronicles 16:25 וּ/מְהֻלָּל֙ conj + Pual ptcp.pass ms For great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised: He also is to be feared above all gods.
- 1 Chronicles 16:36 וְ/הַלֵּ֖ל conj + Piel inf.abs Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, From everlasting even to everlasting. All the people said, Amen, and praised Yahweh.
- 1 Chronicles 23:5 מְהַֽלְלִ֣ים לְ/הַלֵּֽל Piel ptcp.act mp prep + Piel inf.cs and four thousand were doorkeepers; and four thousand praised Yahweh with the instruments which I made, [said David], for giving praise.
- 1 Chronicles 23:30 וּ/לְ/הַלֵּ֖ל conj + prep + Piel inf.cs and to stand every morning to thank and praise Yahweh, and likewise in the evening;
- 1 Chronicles 25:3 וְ/הַלֵּ֖ל conj + Piel inf.abs Of Jeduthun; the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun with the harp, who prophesied in giving thanks and praising Yahweh.
- 1 Chronicles 29:13 וּֽ/מְהַֽלְלִ֖ים conj + Piel ptcp.act mp Now therefore, our God, we thank you, and praise your glorious name.
2 Chronicles 10 verses
- 2 Chronicles 5:13 לְ/הַלֵּ֣ל וּ/בְ/הַלֵּ֤ל prep + Piel inf.cs conj + prep + Piel inf.cs it happened, when the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking Yahweh; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and praised Yahweh, [saying], For he is good; for his loving kindness endures forever; that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of Yahweh,
- 2 Chronicles 7:6 בְּ/הַלֵּ֥ל prep + Piel inf.cs The priests stood, according to their offices; the Levites also with instruments of music of Yahweh, which David the king had made to give thanks to Yahweh, (for his loving kindness endures for ever), when David praised by their ministry: and the priests sounded trumpets before them; and all Israel stood.
- 2 Chronicles 8:14 לְ/הַלֵּ֨ל prep + Piel inf.cs He appointed, according to the ordinance of David his father, the divisions of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their offices, to praise, and to minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required; the doorkeepers also by their divisions at every gate: for so had David the man of God commanded.
- 2 Chronicles 20:19 לְ/הַלֵּ֗ל prep + Piel inf.cs The Levites, of the children of the Kohathites and of the children of the Korahites, stood up to praise Yahweh, the God of Israel, with an exceeding loud voice.
- 2 Chronicles 20:21 וּֽ/מְהַֽלְלִ֖ים conj + Piel ptcp.act mp When he had taken counsel with the people, he appointed those who should sing to Yahweh, and give praise in holy array, as they went out before the army, and say, Give thanks to Yahweh; for his loving kindness endures forever.
- 2 Chronicles 23:12 וְ/הַֽ/מְהַֽלְלִ֖ים conj + ptcl def.art + Piel ptcp.act mp When Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and praising the king, she came to the people into the house of Yahweh:
- 2 Chronicles 23:13 לְ/הַלֵּ֑ל prep + Piel inf.cs and she looked, and, behold, the king stood by his pillar at the entrance, and the captains and the trumpets by the king; and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew trumpets; the singers also [played] on instruments of music, and led the singing of praise. Then Athaliah tore her clothes, and said, Treason! treason!
- 2 Chronicles 29:30 לְ/הַלֵּל֙ וַֽ/יְהַלְלוּ֙ prep + Piel inf.cs conj + Piel wimpf 3mp Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praises to Yahweh with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. They sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshiped.
- 2 Chronicles 30:21 וּֽ/מְהַלְלִ֣ים conj + Piel ptcp.act mp The children of Israel who were present at Jerusalem kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with great gladness; and the Levites and the priests praised Yahweh day by day, [singing] with loud instruments to Yahweh.
- 2 Chronicles 31:2 וּ/לְ/הַלֵּ֔ל conj + prep + Piel inf.cs Hezekiah appointed the divisions of the priests and the Levites after their divisions, every man according to his service, both the priests and the Levites, for burnt offerings and for peace-offerings, to minister, and to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the camp of Yahweh.
Ezra 2 verses
- Ezra 3:10 לְ/הַלֵּל֙ prep + Piel inf.cs When the builders laid the foundation of the temple of Yahweh, they set the priests in their clothing with trumpets, and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise Yahweh, after the order of David king of Israel.
- Ezra 3:11 בְּ/הַלֵּ֨ל בְ/הַלֵּל֙ prep + Piel inf.cs prep + Piel inf.cs They sang one to another in praising and giving thanks to Yahweh, [saying], For he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever toward Israel. All the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised Yahweh, because the foundation of the house of Yahweh was laid.
Nehemiah 2 verses
- Nehemiah 5:13 וַֽ/יְהַלְלוּ֙ conj + Piel wimpf 3mp Also I shook out my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his house, and from his labor, that doesn't perform this promise; even thus be he shaken out, and emptied. All the assembly said, Amen, and praised Yahweh. The people did according to this promise.
- Nehemiah 12:24 לְ/הַלֵּ֣ל prep + Piel inf.cs The chiefs of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brothers over against them, to praise and give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, watch next to watch.
Job 4 verses
- Job 12:17 יְהוֹלֵֽל Piel impf 3ms He leads counselors away stripped. He makes judges fools.
- Job 29:3 בְּ/הִלּ֣/וֹ prep + Hiphil inf.cs + sfx pers 3ms When his lamp shone on my head, And by his light I walked through darkness;
- Job 31:26 יָהֵ֑ל Hiphil impf 3ms If I have seen the sun when it shined, Or the moon moving in splendor,
- Job 41:18 תָּ֣הֶל Hiphil impf 3fs His sneezing flashes forth light, His eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
Psalms 76 verses
- Psalms 5:5 הֽ֭וֹלְלִים Qal ptcp.act mp The arrogant shall not stand in your sight. You hate all workers of iniquity.
- Psalms 10:3 הִלֵּ֣ל Piel pf 3ms For the wicked boasts of his heart's cravings, He blesses the greedy, and condemns Yahweh.
- Psalms 18:3 מְ֭הֻלָּל Pual ptcp.pass ms I call on Yahweh, who is worthy to be praised; And I am saved from my enemies.
- Psalms 22:22 אֲהַלְלֶֽ/ךָּ Piel coh 1cs + sfx pers 2ms I will declare your name to my brothers. In the midst of the assembly, I will praise you.
- Psalms 22:23 הַֽלְל֗וּ/הוּ Piel impv 2mp + sfx pers 3ms You who fear Yahweh, praise him! All you descendants of Jacob, glorify him! Stand in awe of him, all you descendants of Israel!
- Psalms 22:26 יְהַֽלְל֣וּ Piel impf 3mp The humble shall eat and be satisfied. They shall praise Yahweh who seek after him. Let your hearts live forever.
- Psalms 34:2 תִּתְהַלֵּ֣ל Hithpael juss 3fs My soul shall boast in Yahweh. The humble shall hear of it, and be glad.
- Psalms 35:18 אֲהַֽלְלֶֽ/ךָּ Piel impf 1cs + sfx pers 2ms I will give you thanks in the great assembly. I will praise you among many people.
- Psalms 44:8 הִלַּלְ֣נוּ Piel pf 1cp In God we have made our boast all day long, We will give thanks to your name forever. Selah.
- Psalms 48:1 וּ/מְהֻלָּ֣ל conj + Pual ptcp.pass ms Great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised, In the city of our God, in his holy mountain.
- Psalms 49:6 יִתְהַלָּֽלוּ Hithpael impf 3mp Those who trust in their wealth, And boast in the multitude of their riches--
- Psalms 52:1 תִּתְהַלֵּ֣ל Hithpael impf 2ms Why do you boast of mischief, mighty man? God's loving kindness endures continually.
- Psalms 56:4 אֲהַלֵּ֪ל Piel impf 1cs In God, I praise his word. In God, I put my trust. I will not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?
- Psalms 56:10 אֲהַלֵּ֣ל אֲהַלֵּ֥ל Piel impf 1cs Piel impf 1cs In God, I will praise his word. In Yahweh, I will praise his word.
- Psalms 63:5 יְהַלֶּל Piel impf 3ms My soul shall be satisfied as with the richest food. My mouth shall praise you with joyful lips,
- Psalms 63:11 יִ֭תְהַלֵּל Hithpael impf 3ms But the king shall rejoice in God. Everyone who swears by him will praise him, For the mouth of those who speak lies shall be silenced.
- Psalms 64:10 וְ֝/יִתְהַֽלְל֗וּ conj + Hithpael impf 3mp The righteous shall be glad in Yahweh, And shall take refuge in him. All the upright in heart shall praise him!
- Psalms 69:30 אֲהַֽלְלָ֣ה Piel coh 1cs I will praise the name of God with a song, And will magnify him with thanksgiving.
- Psalms 69:34 יְֽ֭הַלְלוּ/הוּ Piel impf 3mp + sfx pers 3ms Let heaven and earth praise him; The seas, and everything that moves therein!
- Psalms 73:3 בַּֽ/הוֹלְלִ֑ים prep det + Qal ptcp.act mp For I was envious of the arrogant, When I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
- Psalms 74:21 יְֽהַלְל֥וּ Piel impf 3mp Don't let the oppressed return ashamed. Let the poor and needy praise your name.
- Psalms 75:4 לַֽ֭/הוֹלְלִים תָּהֹ֑לּוּ prep det + Qal ptcp.act mp Qal juss 2mp I said to the arrogant, "Don't boast;" To the wicked, "Don't lift up the horn.
- Psalms 78:63 הוּלָּֽלוּ Pual pf 3cp Fire devoured their young men; Their virgins had no wedding song.
- Psalms 84:4 יְֽהַלְל֥וּ/ךָ Piel impf 3mp + sfx pers 2ms Blessed are those who dwell in your house. They are always praising you. Selah.
- Psalms 96:4 וּ/מְהֻלָּ֣ל conj + Pual ptcp.pass ms For great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised! He is to be feared above all gods.
- Psalms 97:7 הַ/מִּֽתְהַלְלִ֥ים ptcl def.art + Hithpael ptcp.act mp Let all them be shamed who serve engraved images, Who boast in their idols. Worship him, all you gods!
- Psalms 102:8 מְ֝הוֹלָלַ֗/י Poal ptcp.pass mp cs + sfx pers 1cs My enemies reproach me all day. Those who are mad at me use my name as a curse.
- Psalms 102:18 יְהַלֶּל Piel impf 3ms This will be written for the generation to come. A people which will be created will praise Yah.
- Psalms 104:35 הַֽלְלוּ Piel impv 2mp Let sinners be consumed out of the earth. Let the wicked be no more. Bless Yahweh, my soul. Praise Yah!
- Psalms 105:3 הִֽ֭תְהַלְלוּ Hithpael impv 2mp Glory in his holy name. Let the heart of those who seek Yahweh rejoice.
- Psalms 105:45 הַֽלְלוּ Piel impv 2mp That they might keep his statutes, And observe his laws. Praise Yah!
- Psalms 106:1 הַֽלְלוּ Piel impv 2mp Praise Yahweh! Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, For his loving kindness endures forever.
- Psalms 106:5 לְ֝/הִתְהַלֵּ֗ל prep + Hithpael inf.cs That I may see the prosperity of your chosen, That I may rejoice in the gladness of your nation, That I may glory with your inheritance.
- Psalms 106:48 הַֽלְלוּ Piel impv 2mp Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, From everlasting even to everlasting! Let all the people say, "Amen." Praise Yah!
- Psalms 107:32 יְהַלְלֽוּ/הוּ Piel impf 3mp + sfx pers 3ms Let them exalt him also in the assembly of the people, And praise him in the seat of the elders.
- Psalms 109:30 אֲהַֽלְלֶֽ/נּוּ Piel impf 1cs + sfx pers 3ms I will give great thanks to Yahweh with my mouth. Yes, I will praise him among the multitude.
- Psalms 111:1 הַ֥לְלוּ Piel impv 2mp Praise Yah! I will give thanks to Yahweh with my whole heart, In the council of the upright, and in the congregation.
- Psalms 112:1 הַ֥לְלוּ Piel impv 2mp Praise Yah! Blessed is the man who fears Yahweh, Who delights greatly in his commandments.
- Psalms 113:1 הַ֥לְלוּ הַ֭לְלוּ הַֽ֝לְלוּ Piel impv 2mp Piel impv 2mp Piel impv 2mp Praise Yah! Praise, you servants of Yahweh, Praise the name of Yahweh.
- Psalms 113:3 מְ֝הֻלָּ֗ל Pual ptcp.pass ms From the rising of the sun to the going down of the same, Yahweh's name is to be praised.
- Psalms 113:9 הַֽלְלוּ Piel impv 2mp He settles the barren woman in her home, As a joyful mother of children. Praise Yah!
- Psalms 115:17 יְהַֽלְלוּ Piel impf 3mp The dead don't praise Yah, Neither any who go down into silence;
- Psalms 115:18 הַֽלְלוּ Piel impv 2mp But we will bless Yah, From this time forth and forevermore. Praise Yah!
- Psalms 116:19 הַֽלְלוּ Piel impv 2mp In the courts of Yahweh's house, In the midst of you, Jerusalem. Praise Yah!
- Psalms 117:1 הַֽלְל֣וּ Piel impv 2mp Praise Yahweh, all you nations! Extol him, all you peoples!
- Psalms 117:2 הַֽלְלוּ Piel impv 2mp For his loving kindness is great toward us. Yahweh's faithfulness endures forever. Praise Yah!
- Psalms 119:164 הִלַּלְתִּ֑י/ךָ Piel pf 1cs + sfx pers 2ms Seven times a day, I praise you, Because of your righteous ordinances.
- Psalms 119:175 וּֽ/תְהַֽלְלֶ֑/ךָּ conj + Piel juss 3fs + sfx pers 2ms Let my soul live, that I may praise you. Let your ordinances help me.
- Psalms 135:1 הַ֥לְלוּ הַֽ֭לְלוּ הַֽ֝לְלוּ Piel impv 2mp Piel impv 2mp Piel impv 2mp Praise Yah! Praise the name of Yahweh! Praise him, you servants of Yahweh,
- Psalms 135:3 הַֽ֭לְלוּ Piel impv 2mp Praise Yah, for Yahweh is good. Sing praises to his name, for that is pleasant.
- Psalms 135:21 הַֽלְלוּ Piel impv 2mp Blessed be Yahweh from Zion, Who dwells at Jerusalem. Praise Yah!
- Psalms 145:2 וַ/אֲהַלְלָ֥ה conj + Piel coh 1cs Every day I will praise you. I will extol your name forever and ever.
- Psalms 145:3 וּ/מְהֻלָּ֣ל conj + Pual ptcp.pass ms Great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised! His greatness is unsearchable.
- Psalms 146:1 הַֽלְלוּ הַלְלִ֥י Piel impv 2mp Piel impv 2fs Praise Yah! Praise Yahweh, my soul.
- Psalms 146:2 אֲהַלְלָ֣ה Piel coh 1cs While I live, I will praise Yahweh. I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist.
- Psalms 146:10 הַֽלְלוּ Piel impv 2mp Yahweh will reign forever; Your God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise Yah!
- Psalms 147:1 הַ֥לְלוּ Piel impv 2mp Praise Yah, For it is good to sing praises to our God; For it is pleasant and fitting to praise him.
- Psalms 147:12 הַֽלְלִ֖י Piel impv 2fs Praise Yahweh, Jerusalem! Praise your God, Zion!
- Psalms 147:20 הַֽלְלוּ Piel impv 2mp He has not done this for just any nation. They don't know his ordinances. Praise Yah!
- Psalms 148:1 הַ֥לְלוּ הַֽלְל֣וּ הַֽ֝לְל֗וּ/הוּ Piel impv 2mp Piel impv 2mp Piel impv 2mp + sfx pers 3ms Praise Yah! Praise Yahweh from the heavens! Praise him in the heights!
- Psalms 148:2 הַֽלְל֥וּ/הוּ הַֽ֝לְל֗וּ/הוּ Piel impv 2mp + sfx pers 3ms Piel impv 2mp + sfx pers 3ms Praise him, all his angels! Praise him, all his host!
- Psalms 148:3 הַֽ֭לְלוּ/הוּ הַ֝לְל֗וּ/הוּ Piel impv 2mp + sfx pers 3ms Piel impv 2mp + sfx pers 3ms Praise him, sun and moon! Praise him, all you shining stars!
- Psalms 148:4 הַֽ֭לְלוּ/הוּ Piel impv 2mp + sfx pers 3ms Praise him, you heavens of heavens, You waters that are above the heavens.
- Psalms 148:5 יְֽ֭הַֽלְלוּ Piel juss 3mp Let them praise the name of Yahweh, For he commanded, and they were created.
- Psalms 148:7 הַֽלְל֣וּ Piel impv 2mp Praise Yahweh from the earth, You great sea creatures, and all depths!
- Psalms 148:13 יְהַלְל֤וּ Piel juss 3mp Let them praise the name of Yahweh, For his name alone is exalted. His glory is above the earth and the heavens.
- Psalms 148:14 הַֽלְלוּ Piel impv 2mp He has lifted up the horn of his people, The praise of all his saints; Even of the children of Israel, a people near to him. Praise Yah!
- Psalms 149:1 הַ֥לְלוּ Piel impv 2mp Praise Yahweh! Sing to Yahweh a new song, His praise in the assembly of the saints.
- Psalms 149:3 יְהַֽלְל֣וּ Piel juss 3mp Let them praise his name in the dance! Let them sing praises to him with tambourine and harp!
- Psalms 149:9 הַֽלְלוּ Piel impv 2mp To execute on them the written judgment. All his saints have this honor. Praise Yah!
- Psalms 150:1 הַ֥לְלוּ הַֽלְלוּ הַֽ֝לְל֗וּ/הוּ Piel impv 2mp Piel impv 2mp Piel impv 2mp + sfx pers 3ms Praise Yah! Praise God in his sanctuary! Praise him in his heavens for his acts of power!
- Psalms 150:2 הַֽלְל֥וּ/הוּ הַֽ֝לְל֗וּ/הוּ Piel impv 2mp + sfx pers 3ms Piel impv 2mp + sfx pers 3ms Praise him for his mighty acts! Praise him according to his excellent greatness!
- Psalms 150:3 הַֽ֭לְלוּ/הוּ הַֽ֝לְל֗וּ/הוּ Piel impv 2mp + sfx pers 3ms Piel impv 2mp + sfx pers 3ms Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet! Praise him with harp and lyre!
- Psalms 150:4 הַֽ֭לְלוּ/הוּ הַֽ֝לְל֗וּ/הוּ Piel impv 2mp + sfx pers 3ms Piel impv 2mp + sfx pers 3ms Praise him with tambourine and dancing! Praise him with stringed instruments and flute!
- Psalms 150:5 הַֽלְל֥וּ/הוּ הַֽ֝לְל֗וּ/הוּ Piel impv 2mp + sfx pers 3ms Piel impv 2mp + sfx pers 3ms Praise him with loud cymbals! Praise him with resounding cymbals!
- Psalms 150:6 תְּהַלֵּ֥ל הַֽלְלוּ Piel impf 3fs Piel impv 2mp Let everything that has breath praise Yah! Praise Yah!
Proverbs 9 verses
- Proverbs 12:8 יְהֻלַּל Pual impf 3ms A man shall be commended according to his wisdom, But he who has a warped mind shall be despised.
- Proverbs 20:14 יִתְהַלָּֽל Hithpael impf 3ms "It's no good, it's no good," says the buyer; But when he is gone his way, then he boasts.
- Proverbs 25:14 מִ֝תְהַלֵּ֗ל Hithpael ptcp.act ms As clouds and wind without rain, So is he who boasts of gifts deceptively.
- Proverbs 27:1 תִּ֭תְהַלֵּל Hithpael juss 2ms Don't boast about tomorrow; For you don't know what a day may bring forth.
- Proverbs 27:2 יְהַלֶּלְ/ךָ֣ Piel juss 3ms + sfx pers 2ms Let another man praise you, And not your own mouth; A stranger, and not your own lips.
- Proverbs 28:4 יְהַֽלְל֣וּ Piel impf 3mp Those who forsake the law praise the wicked; But those who keep the law contend with them.
- Proverbs 31:28 וַֽ/יְהַֽלְלָ/הּ conj + Piel wimpf 3ms + sfx pers 3fs Her children rise up and call her blessed. Her husband also praises her:
- Proverbs 31:30 תִתְהַלָּֽל Hithpael impf 3fs Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain; But a woman who fears Yahweh, she shall be praised.
- Proverbs 31:31 וִֽ/יהַלְל֖וּ/הָ conj + Piel impf 3mp + sfx pers 3fs Give her of the fruit of her hands! Let her works praise her in the gates!
Ecclesiastes 2 verses
Song of Solomon 1 verse
Isaiah 7 verses
- Isaiah 13:10 יָהֵ֖לּוּ Hiphil impf 3mp For the stars of the sky and the constellations of it shall not give their light; the sun shall be darkened in its going forth, and the moon shall not cause its light to shine.
- Isaiah 38:18 יְהַלְלֶ֑/ךָּ Piel impf 3ms + sfx pers 2ms For Sheol can't praise you, death can't celebrate you: Those who go down into the pit can't hope for your truth.
- Isaiah 41:16 תִּתְהַלָּֽל Hithpael impf 2ms You shall winnow them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them; and you shall rejoice in Yahweh, you shall glory in the Holy One of Israel.
- Isaiah 44:25 יְהוֹלֵ֑ל Piel impf 3ms who frustrates the signs of the liars, and makes diviners mad; who turns wise men backward, and makes their knowledge foolish;
- Isaiah 45:25 וְ/יִֽתְהַלְל֖וּ conj + Hithpael impf 3mp In Yahweh shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory.
- Isaiah 62:9 וְ/הִֽלְל֖וּ conj + Piel wpf 3cp but those who have garnered it shall eat it, and praise Yahweh; and those who have gathered it shall drink it in the courts of my sanctuary.
- Isaiah 64:11 הִֽלְל֨וּ/ךָ֙ Piel pf 3cp + sfx pers 2ms Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised you, is burned with fire; and all our pleasant places are laid waste.
Jeremiah 10 verses
- Jeremiah 4:2 יִתְהַלָּֽלוּ Hithpael impf 3mp and you shall swear, As Yahweh lives, in truth, in justice, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.
- Jeremiah 9:23 יִתְהַלֵּ֤ל יִתְהַלֵּ֥ל יִתְהַלֵּ֥ל Hithpael juss 3ms Hithpael juss 3ms Hithpael juss 3ms Thus says Yahweh, Don't let the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, don't let the rich man glory in his riches;
- Jeremiah 9:24 יִתְהַלֵּ֣ל הַ/מִּתְהַלֵּ֗ל Hithpael impf 3ms ptcl def.art + Hithpael ptcp.act ms but let him who glories glory in this, that he has understanding, and knows me, that I am Yahweh who exercises loving kindness, justice, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, says Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 20:13 הַֽלְל֖וּ Piel impv 2mp Sing to Yahweh, praise you Yahweh; for he has delivered the soul of the needy from the hand of evil-doers.
- Jeremiah 25:16 וְ/הִתְהֹלָ֑לוּ conj + Hithpolel wpf 3cp They shall drink, and reel back and forth, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them.
- Jeremiah 31:7 הַֽלְלוּ֙ Piel impv 2mp For thus says Yahweh, Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout for the chief of the nations: publish you, praise you, and say, Yahweh, save your people, the remnant of Israel.
- Jeremiah 46:9 וְ/הִתְהֹלְל֣וּ conj + Hithpolel impv 2mp Go up, you horses; and rage, you chariots; and let the mighty men go forth: Cush and Put, who handle the shield; and the Ludim, who handle and bend the bow.
- Jeremiah 49:4 תִּתְהַֽלְלִי֙ Hithpael impf 2fs Why glory you in the valleys, your flowing valley, backsliding daughter? who trusted in her treasures, [saying], Who shall come to me?
- Jeremiah 50:38 יִתְהֹלָֽלוּ Hithpael impf 3mp A drought is on her waters, and they shall be dried up; for it is a land of engraved images, and they are mad over idols.
- Jeremiah 51:7 יִתְהֹלְל֥וּ Hithpael impf 3mp Babylon has been a golden cup in Yahweh's hand, who made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunk of her wine; therefore the nations are mad.
Ezekiel 1 verse
Joel 1 verse
Nahum 1 verse
About this entry
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“to praise” is the headline sense of the Hebrew verb הלל (hâlal). It clusters heavily in Psalms, which alone accounts for 54% of its uses. With 140 verses in 19 books, it is a common word in the Hebrew Bible. Scripture first uses it in Genesis 12:15. Different stems carry different senses — BDB groups them under 6 stems, among them Qal and Hiphil. See the sense tree, 140-verse concordance, and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H1984 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 140
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 140 distinct verses.
- 19 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 19 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #277
- by frequency
- Top 500 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 277 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 140 occurrences in the concordance →
Most concentrated in
- Psalms 76 verses 54%
- 2 Chronicles 10 verses 7%
- Jeremiah 10 verses 7%
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 140 distinct verses.
- Writings (Ketuvim) 114 verses · 81%
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 25 verses · 18%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 1 verse · 1%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
BDB lists this Strong’s number as 2 distinct words (homographs). Each count above pools all of them and is not split by sense — see the Senses section below. A low-frequency rendering may belong to a different one of those words, not the primary meaning.
- King James Version†: Praise 68×, Praised 8×, Be praised 4×
- American Standard Version†: Praise 60×, Praised 8×, I will praise 5×
- Berean Standard Bible†: Praise 25×, Hallelujah 24×, Praise him 18×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text†: Praise 27×, Hallelu 24×, Praise him 19×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H1984 across 165† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 40 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H1984 across 164† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 47 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H1984 across 163† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 53 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 2 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H1984 across 186† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 47 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
22 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
Hebrew verbs can shift meaning by stem (binyan): Qal is the basic action, Niphal is often passive or reflexive, Piel often intensifies or makes it factitive, and Hiphil is typically causative. The senses below are grouped under the stem BDB assigns to each. This entry also uses Pual (the passive of Piel), Hithpaal (the reflexive or passive Aramaic stem), and one or more reduplicated stems (the Pōlēl/Pilpēl type), which for hollow or geminate roots behave much like Piel — often intensive or iterative.
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 22 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
הלל I shine (according to Thes al. = II. הלל (splenduit, from sonuit acute, clare, so Thes
Qal
- only Inf. sf. בְּהִלּוֹ נֵרוֹ עֲלֵי רֹאשִׁי Jb 29:3 when it, viz. his lamp, shone upon my head (cf. Ew§ 309 c), fig. of God’s favour. e.g. Job 29:3
Hiphil
- Impf. יָהֵל Jb 31:26, 3 fs. תָּהֶל Jb 41:10; 3 mpl. יָהֵלּוּ Is 13:10;—flash forth light, of heavenly bodies, אוֹר = sun Jb 31:26 (‖ יָרֵחַ יָקָר הֹלֵךְ); sq. acc. cogn. כּוֹכְבֵי הַשָּׁמַיִם וּכְסִילֵיהֶם לֹא יָהֵלּוּ אוֹרָם Is 13:10 (‖ חָשַׁךְ הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ, & יָרֵחַ לֹא־יַגִּיהַּ אוֹרוֹ); also of crocodile עֲטִישֹׁתָיו תָּ֫הֶל אוֹר Jb 41:10 his sneezings flash forth light (shining water-drops). e.g. Job 31:26
הלל II be boastful, Pi. praise (Arabic هَلَّ shout, both in joy & (if conject. of Nö RS be right, v. cit. infr.) in terror
Qal
- Impf. 2 mpl. תָּהֹ֑לּוּ ψ 75:5; Pt. הוֹלֲלִים ψ 5:6 + 2 times;—be boastful אַל־תָּהֹ֑לּוּ ψ 75:5 (‖ אַל־תָּרִימוּקָ֑רֶן); pt. boastful ones, boasters ψ 5:6 (‖ פֹּעֲלֵי אָוֶן); 73:3; 75:5 (both ‖ רְשָׁעִים). e.g. Psalms 75:5
Piel
- Pf. הִלֵּל ψ 10:3, 1 s. sf. הִלַּלְתִּיךָ ψ 119:164; 3 mpl. וְהִלֲלוּ consec. Is 62:9, sf. הִלֲלוּךָ Is 64:10, etc.; Impf. יְהַלֶּל־ ψ 63:6; 102:19; sf. יְהַלֶּלְךָ Pr 27:2, יְהַלֲלֶ֑ךָּ Is 38:18, וַיְהַלֲלָהּ Pr 31:28; 31 s. אֲהַלֵּל ψ 56:5 + 2 times, cohort. אֲהַלֲלָה ψ 69:31 + 2 times, etc.; Imv. fs. הַלֲלִי ψ 146:1; 147:12; mpl. הַלְלוּ ψ 104:35 + 30 times ψ + Je 20:13; 31:7; sf. הַלֲלוּ֫הוּ ψ 22:24 + 15 times ψ; Inf. abs. הַלֵּל 1 Ch 16:36; cstr. הַלֵּל 2 S 14:25 + 16 times Chr; Pt. pl. מְהַלֲלִים 1 Ch 23:5 + 4 times Ch;— e.g. Psalms 10:3
- 1. praise man or woman, acc. וַיְהַלֲלוּ אֹתָהּ אֶל־פַּרְעֹה Gn 12:15 (J) and they praised her to Pharaoh, cf. Pr 27:2; 31:28, 31 Ct 6:9; וְהַמְהַלֲלִים אֶת־הַמֶּלֶךְ 2 Ch 23:12 and those praising (shouting acclamations to) the king; v. also לְהַלֵּל מְאֹד 2 S 14:25 (of Absalom’s beauty); in bad sense עֹזְבֵי תוֹרָה יְהַלֲלוּ רָשָׁע Pr 28:4 deserters of law praise a wicked man. e.g. Genesis 12:15
- 2. usually praise אֱלֹהִים, י׳, etc.:
- a. sq. acc. of heathen god Ju 16:24. e.g. Judges 16:24
- b. obj. י׳ (אֱלֹהִים); ψ 119:164 (עַל on account of), subj. heaven, earth, seas, etc., ψ 69:35; תְּחִי נַפְשִׁי וּתְהַלֲלֶךָּ ψ 119·164;175; in summons to all creatures to praise 148:5, 13; Is 38:18 לֹא שְׁאוֹל תּוֹדֶךָּ מָוֶת יְהַלֲלֶ֑ךָּ (cf. ψ 115:17); often of public worship in sanctuary, Is 62:9 (thanksgiving in sanctuary after harvest), cf. 64:10 ψ 22:23 (‖ אֲסַפְּרָה שִׁמְךָ), v 27; 35:18; 109:30 (both ‖ אוֹדְךָ) 107:32 (‖ יְרוֹמֲמוּהוּ) 84:5, v. also 146:2 (‖ אֲזַמְּרָה לֵא׳) 149:3 (c. בְּ instr.; ‖ יְזַמְּרוּ לוֹ) also obj. שֵׁם י׳ (in some cases of public worship) ψ 74:21; 148:5, Jo 2:26 (thanksgiving after harvest); שֵׁם־אֱלֹהִים בְּשִׁיר ψ 69:31 (‖ וַאֲגַדְּלֶנּוּ בְתוֹדָה), 145:2 (‖ אֲכָֽרֲכֶ֑ךָּ); further, ψ 56:5 בֵּאלֹהִים אֲהַלֵּל דְּבָרוֹ, also v 11 + v 11b ביהוה וגו׳, but cf. Hup Che on 11b as editorial addition; obj. not expressed הַשְׁמִיעוּ הַלֲלוּ וְאִמְרוּ הוֹשַׁע י׳ אֶת־עַמְּךָ Je 31:7, וְשִׂפְתֵי רְנָנוֹת יְהַלֶּל־פִּי ψ 63:6. e.g. Psalms 119:164
- c. use of Imv. deserves special notice: הַלֲלוּהוּ ψ 22:24 (‖ כַּבְּדוּהוּ; of temple-worship cf. v 23, 25); also in summons to angels, sun, moon, etc. (all created things) to praise י׳ 148:2(×2), 3(×2), 4; 150:1; of temple-worship 150:2 (בְּ on account of) v 2 (כְּ), v 3(×2), 4(×2), 5(×2) (all c. בְּ instr.); further Je 20:13 (‖ שִׁירוּ לי׳), הַלֲלוּ אֶת־י׳ ψ 117:1 (addressed to nations, ‖ שַׁבְּחוּהוּ), 148:7 (created things), הַלֲלִי אֱלֹהַיִךְ צִיּוֹן 147:12 (‖ שַׁבְּחִי יְרוּשָׁלִַם אֶת־י׳). e.g. Psalms 22:24
- d. note especially: praise ye Yah! הַלֲלוּ־יָהּ ψ 135:3, liturgical (‖ זַמְּרוּ לִשְׁמוֹ); elsewhere always one word v. Baerψ p. 115, & always at beginning or end of ψ (chiefly late), appar. liturgical; הַלֲלוּיָ֑הֿ ψ 104:35 (‖ בָּֽרְכִי נַפְשִׁי אֶת־י׳), elsewhere הַלֲלוּיָהּ: (1) at beginning ψ 106:1; 111:1 (both ‖ הודה) 112:1; 113:1 (‖ הַלֲלוּ & ה׳ אֶת־שֵׁם י׳), 135:1 (‖ id.), 146:1 (‖ הַלֲלִי נַפְשִׁי אֶת־י׳), 147:1 (sq. זַמְּרָה in cl. with כִּי), 148:1 (‖ הַלֲלוּ אֶת־י׳, הַלֲלוּהוּ), 149:1 (‖ שִׁירוּ לי׳), 150:1 (‖ הַלֲלוּ־אֵל, הַלֲלוּהוּ); (2) at end ψ 104:35 (supr.), 105:45; 106:48; 113:9; 115:18 (‖ נְבָרֵךְ יָהּ), 116:19; 117:2; 135:21 (‖ בָּרוּךְ י׳) 146:10; 147:20; 148:14; 149:9; 150:6 (‖ כֹּל הַנְּשָׁמָה תְּהַלֵּל יָהּ); add to these (not liturgical) יְהַלֶּל־יָהּ ψ 102:19, כֹּל נְשָׁמָה תְּהַלֵּל יָהּ 150:6, לֹא הַמֵּתִים יְהַלֲלוּ־יָהּ 115:17. e.g. Psalms 135:3
- e. also sq. ליהוה, in Chr, of technical Levitical function (cf. LagOr. ii. 16 ff., who limits this technical הלל to priests, using חֲצֹצְרוֹת, for a signal to the people; v. e.g. Ne 12:24 cf. v 27), 1 Ch 16:4 (with instrumental music, cf. בִּכְלֵי נְבָלִים וּבְכִנֹּרוֹת & בַּמְצִלְתַּיִם, all v 5, and Ne 12:27) 23:30; 25:3 (all ‖ הוֹדוֹת); exercised (apparently) by both priests and Levites Ezr 3:11 (‖ הֹדוֹת) cf. v 11; by Levites 2 Ch 20:19 (בְּקֹל גָּדוֹל), 29:30 (בְּדִבְרֵי דָוִיד) in which the people also joined 1 Ch 16:36; also 2 Ch 5:13 (בַּחֲצֹצְרוֹת וּבִמְצִלְתַּיִם וּבִכְלֵי הַשִּׁיר cf. also v 12; ‖ הֹדוֹת), v 13 (appar. of Levites & priests), מְהַלֲלִים לי׳ בַּכֵּלִים 1 Ch 23:5 (Levites) cf. 2 Ch 30:21 (Levites & priests בִּכְלֵי עֹז לי׳); sq. לְשֵׁם תִּפְאַרְתֶּ֑ךָ 1 Ch 29:13 (‖ מוֹדִים; David speaks in name of people); sq. לְהַדְרַת־קֹ֑דֶשׁ 2 Ch 20:21 (before the army; ‖ מְשֹׁרֲרִים לי׳; prob. of Levites, cf. v 19). e.g. Nehemiah 12:24
- f. sq. acc. י׳ Ezr 3:10 (priests & Levites: עַל־יְדֵי דָּוִיד), Ne 5:13 (people). e.g. Ezra 3:10
- g. other forms, with like technical sense, but abs.: לְהַלֵּל לְהוֹדוֹת בְּמִצְוַת דָּוִיד Ne 12:24 (Levites) cf. 1 Ch 23:5 2 Ch 8:14; 29:30 (עַד־לְשִׂמְחָה) 2 Ch 31:2 (appar. priests & Levites; בְּשַׁעֲרֵי מַחֲנוֹת י׳; ‖ לְשָׁרֵת וּלְהֹדוֹת); v. also מוֹדִיעִים לְהַלֵּל 2 Ch 23:13 (‖ מְשׁוֹרֲרִים בִּכְלַי הַשִּׁיר); בְּהַלֵּל דָּוִיד בְּיָדָם 2 Ch 7:6 (‖ הֹדוֹת ליהוה). e.g. Nehemiah 12:24
- 3. appar. make one’s boast cf. Hithpa. 2 (sq. בְּ in, of), בֵּאלֹהִים ψ 44:9 (‖ שִׁמְךָ לְעוֹלָם נוֹדֶה); so, according to most, in bad sense, ה׳ רָשָׁע עַל־תַּאֲוַת נַפְשׁוֹ ψ 10:3 a wicked man boasteth of the desire of his soul, but Che praiseth (י׳) for (i.e. in a mercenary spirit). e.g. Psalms 44:9
Pual
- Pf. 3 pl. הוּלָּ֑לוּ ψ 78:63; Impf. יְהֻלַּל־ Pr 12:8; Pt. מְהֻלָּל 2 S 22:4 + 6 times; f. הַהֻלָּ֑לָה Ez 26:17 (cf. Ol§ 250 c Sta§ 220, 617 b; MT, however, accents as Pf., regarding הַ as = relative, v. Sta§ 176 c Ges§ 52. 2, R. 6);—be praised, e.g. Psalms 78:63
- 1. human subj., be praised, commended Pr 12:8 (opp. יִהְיֶה לָבוּז); of maidens, praised, celebrated (in song) ψ 78:63; pt. (v. supr.) of city, renowned Ez 26:17. e.g. Proverbs 12:8
- 2. of י׳, only pt. = gerundive, to be praised, worthy of praise 2 S 22:4 = ψ 18:4; גָּדוֹל י׳ וּמְה׳ מְאֹד ψ 48:2; 96:4 = 1 Ch 16:25, ψ 145:3; so מְה׳ שֵׁם י׳ 113:3. e.g. 2 Samuel 22:4
Hithpaal
- Impf. יִתְהַלֵּל 1 K 20:11 + 5 times; יִתְהַלָּ֑ל Pr 20:14; 3 fs. תִּתְהַלֵּל ψ 34:3, תִּתְהַלָּ֑ל Pr 31:30; 2 ms. תִּתְהַלֵּל ψ 52:3 Pr 27:1; תִּתְהַלָּ֑ל Is 41:16; 2 fs. תִּתְהַלֲלִי Je 49:4; 3 mpl. יִתְהַלֲלוּ ψ 64:11 Is 45:25; יִתְהַלָּ֑לוּ ψ 49:7 Je 4:2; Imv. mpl. הִתְהַלֲלוּ 1 Ch 16:10 ψ 105:3; Inf. לְהִתְהַלֵּל ψ 106:5; Pt. מִתְהַלֵּל Pr 25:14 Je 9:23; pl. מִתְהַלֲלִים ψ 97:7;—glory, boast, make one’s boast:— e.g. 1 Kings 20:11
- 1. of self-confident boasting, abs. 1 K 20:11 cf. Pr 20:14; sq. בְּ of ground of boast Je 9:22(×3); 49:4 ψ 49:7; 52:3 Pr 25:14, אַל־תִּתְהַלֵּל בְּיוֹם מָחָר Pr 27:1; of glorying in idols הַמִּתְהַלֲלִים בָּאֱלִילִים ψ 97:7. e.g. 1 Kings 20:11
- 2. of glorying, making one’s boast in (בְּ, on the ground of) י׳: בי׳ תִּתְהַלֵּל נַפְשִׁי ψ 34:3, cf. Is 45:25 Je 4:2 (‖ וְהִתְבָּֽרְכוּ בוֹ); sq. בִּקְדוֹשׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל Is 41:16; v. also ψ 105:3 = 1 Ch 16:10 sq. בְּשֵׁם קָדְשׁוֹ (‖ יִשְׂמַח לֵב מְבַקְשֵׁי י׳), cf. further Je 9:23; less often abs. Je 9:23 ψ 63:12; 64:11 & 106:5 sq. עִם־נַחֲלָתֶ֑ךָ together with thine heritage (‖ לִשְׂמֹחַ בְּשִׂמְחַת גּוֹיֶ֑ךָ). e.g. Psalms 34:3
- 3. once, late = pass. be praised, commended, of God-fearing woman Pr 31:30. Poʿel Impf. יְהוֹלֵל Is 44:25 + 2 times;—make into a fool, make fool of, obj. שֹׁפְטִים Jb 12:17 (subj. י׳; ‖ מוֹלִיךְ יוֹעֲצִים שׁוֹלָ֑ל); obj. קֹסְמִים Is 44:25 (subj. י׳ ‖ מֵפֵר אֹתוֹת בַּדִּים); obj. חָכָם Ec 7:7 (subj. הָעשֶׁק; ‖ וִיאַבֵּד אֶת־לֵב מַתָּנָה). Poʿal Pt. לִשְׂחוֹק אָמַרְתִּי מְהוֹלָ֑ל Ec 2:2 of laughter I said, It is mad (folly); מְהוֹלָלַי ψ 102:9 those mad against me (‖ אוֹיְבָ֑י). e.g. Proverbs 31:30
Hithpo
- Impf. וַיִּתְהֹלֵל 1 S 21:14; 3 mpl. יִתְהֹלֲלוּ Je 51:7, יִתְהוֹלֲלוּ Na 2:5, יִתְהֹלָ֑לוּ Je 50:38; Imv. mpl. הִתְהֹלֲלוּ Je 46:9, הִתְהֹלָ֑לוּ Je 25:16;—act madly, or like a madman, וַיִּתְהֹלֵל בְּיָדָם 1 S 21:14 (of David) and he acted like a madman in their hands; of idolatrous worship by Chaldeans וּבָאֵימִים יִתְה׳ Je 50:38; of nations, as drunken men, fig. of terror at Yahweh’s judgments, Je 25:16 (‖ הִתְגֹּעֲשׁוּ) 51:7; also of madly driving & jolting chariots Na 2:5 Je 46:9. e.g. 1 Samuel 21:14
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
I. vb. shine (according to Thes al. = II. הלל (splenduit, from sonuit acute, clare, so Thes; these meanings, however, merely assumed); but v. LagOr. ii. 19; cf. Arabic هَلَّ begin to shine, هِلَالٌ new moon; Assyrian elêlu, be bright, ellu, bright COTGloss.)—
II. vb. be boastful, Pi. praise (Arabic هَلَّ shout, both in joy & (if conject. of Nö RS be right, v. cit. infr.) in terror; especially ii. in formula of worship; Syriac Pa. ܗܰܥܶܠ cecinit, laudavit; cf. NH הִלּוּל praise, הַלֵּל id., Hallel (ψ 113–118); Aramaic הִילּוּלָא marriage-song, &c.; on Assyrian alâlu, shout for joy, rejoice v. Lyon Sargontexte 66 (Cylinder, l. 36) also WincklerSargontexte 134, l. 194; 156, l. 149 KB44, l. 36; 80, l. 194; all variations of cry aloud, cf. NöZMG 1887, 723 RSSem 411; perhaps orig. break through, or out (in a cry), cf. WeSkizzen iii. 107 ff., especially 109; comp. also (according to PrätBAS i. 369 f.) Ethiopic ተማህለለ; implore (cf. Amhar. Tigr.), & መሀለ; swear)—
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Origin: a primitive root
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
הִלֵּל
- Hillel,
- 1. H. the Babylonian (הבבלי) or Senior (הזקן). Pes. 66ᵃ. Tosef. Snh. VII, 11. Yoma 35ᵇ ה׳ מחייב וכ׳ the example of Hillel condemns the poor (who plead poverty as an excuse for not studying the Law); a. v. fr.—בֵּית ה׳ Beth-Hillel, the School of H., the Hillelites. Bets. I, 1; a. v. fr.
- 2. H., son of Rabban Gamliel. Pes. 51ᵃ; Tosef. M. Kat. II, 16; a. fr.
- 3. R. H., son of אָלָס or וָולָס, an Amora. Y. Kil. IX, 32ᵃ top. Gitt. 59ᵃ; a. fr.—[Y. Bets. V, 63ᵃ bot. ר׳ ליל, prob. a corrupt. or abbrev. of H.]
- 4. name of several Amoraim. Y. Ber. II, 5ᵃ bot.; a. fr. V. Frank. M’bo p. 76ᵃ
- 5. one Rabbi H. Snh. 98ᵇ, sq.
הָלַל
- (b. h.) to be bright, shine. —Pi. הִלֵּל to praise. Pes. X, 5 לְהַלֵּל. Midr. Till. to Ps. CXIII צריכים אתם להַ׳ לו you must give praise to Him. Ib. מנין הַלְלוּ the numerical value of hal’lu (71).
- to praise one’s self, boast. Yalk. Jer. 284.
הַלֵּל
- (preced.) Hallel (Praise), recitations for Holy Days, consisting of Ps. CXIII to CXVIII, called ה׳ המצרי Egyptian H. (with ref. to Ps. CXIV), contrad. to ה׳ הגדול the Large H. (v. differ. opinions Pes. 118ᵃ). Pes. X, 7, v. גָּמַר. Taan. 28ᵇ; a. fr.
A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (Marcus Jastrow; London, Luzac, 1903) — Public Domain. Digitized via Sefaria. Digitized via Sefaria. Full attribution on Sources.
Forms in the corpus
The 114 distinct written forms H1984 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that stem’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 54 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H1984, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derived from this word
- הוללה hôwlêlâh H1947 madness
- הוללות hôwlêlûwth H1948 madness
- הלול hillûwl H1974 rejoicing
- מהלל mahălâl H4110 praise
- תהלה tᵉhillâh H8416 praise
- תהלה tohŏlâh H8417 error
Proper names from this root
People and places named from this root — a name, not an additional meaning of the word.
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 10 — not the complete family. 3 of the same-root words are proper names (people or places). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 118 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 140 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 12:15
- Judges 16:24
- 1 Samuel 21:13
- 2 Samuel 14:25
- 1 Kings 20:11
- 1 Chronicles 16:4
- 2 Chronicles 5:13
- Ezra 3:10
- Job 12:17
- Psalms 5:5
- Proverbs 12:8
- Ecclesiastes 2:2
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
