Original Language Studio
Amos 8:3
“And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord God: there shall be many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast them forth with silence.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H3213 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to howl (with a wailing tone) or yell (with a boisterous one)
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- (make to) howl, be howling.
- Grammar
- וְ — conjunction
- הֵילִ֜ילוּ — verb Hiphil, sequential perfect, 3rd person, common, plural
- Usage
- Occurs 31 times in the Hebrew Bible.Isaiah 13:6Isaiah 14:31Isaiah 15:2Isaiah 15:3Isaiah 16:7
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read יָלַל here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.