הָלַל S 1984 TWOT 499, 500, 501 GK 2145, 2146, 2147 ] vb. be boastful , Pi. praise
( Arabic ﻩَلَّ ( halla ) shout , both in joy & (if conject. of Nö RS be right, v. cit. infr. ) in terror; especially II . in formula of worship; Syriac Pa. ܗܰܠܶܠ ( halel ) 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 Winckler Sargontexte 134, l. 194; 156, l. 149 KB 44, l. 36; 80, l. 194 ; all variations of cry aloud , cf. Nö ZMG 1887, 723 RS Sem 411; perhaps orig. break through , or out (in a cry), cf. We Skizzen iii. 107 ff., especially 109 ; comp. also (according to Prät BAS i. 369 f. ) Ethiopic
˜˜˜˜˜
(
tamāhlala
)
implore
(
cf.
Amhar. Tigr.), &
˜˜˜
(
mahala
)
swear
)
—
Qal
Impf.
2
mpl.
תָּהֹ˜לּוּ
ψ 75:5
;
Pt.
הֹולֲלִים
ψ 5:6
+
2 times;—
be boastful
אַל־תָּהֹ˜לּוּ
ψ 75:5
(
||
אַל־ תָּרִימוּקָ˜רֶן
);
pt.
boastful ones, boasters
ψ 5:6
(
||
פֹּעֲלֵי אָוֶן
);
73:3
;
75:5
(both
||
רְשָׁעִים
).
Pi.
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,
יְהַלֲלֶ˜ךָּ
Is 38:1
8,
וַיְהַלֲלָהּ
Pr 31:3
8;
1
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 20:1
3;
31:7
;
sf.
הַלֲלוּ˜הוּ
ψ 22:24
+
15 times
ψ
;
Inf. abs.
הַלֵּל
1 Ch 16:3
6;
cstr.
הַלֵּל
2 S 14:25
+
16 times Chr;
Pt. pl.
מְהַלֲלִים
1 Ch 23:5
+
4 times Ch;—
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 תֹורָה יְהַלֲלוּ רָשָׁע
Pr 28:4
deserters of law praise a wicked man
.
2.
usually praise
אֱלֹהִים
,
י׳
, etc.:
a.
sq. acc.
of heathen god
Ju 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
;
175
; in summons to all creatures to praise
148:5
,
13
;
Is 38:18
לֹא שְׁאֹול תֹּודֶךָּ מָוֶת יְהַלֲלֶ˜ךָּ
(
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
2
7;
35:18
;
109:30
(both
||
אֹודְךָ
)
107:32
(
||
יְרֹומֲמוּהוּ
)
84:5
,
v.
also
146:2
(
||
אֲזַמְּרָה לֵא׳
)
149:3
(
c.
בְּ
instr.;
||
יְזַמְּרוּ לֹו
) also
obj.
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