ʼâlâh — H421

Definition

verb

to bewail

1. (Qal) to lament, wail

Usually translated as

lament

Origin

a primitive root (rather identical with H422 through the idea of invocation)

• ʼâlâh (H422)

Occurrences

ʼâlâh occurs 1 time in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Joel (1)

• Joel 1:8 — Lament (אֱלִ֕י) like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.