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yll vb. D to lament, wail
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Dpaˁˁelto lament, wail; i.e., to ululate1 sense▶
to lament, wail; i.e., to ululate
JLAtg, Gal, PTA, CPA, JBA, JBAg, Man, LJLA
TgJ Is15:3↗ וֻבִרחוֹבֵיהוֹן כֻלְהוֹן מְיַלְלִין מַצוְחִין וֻבָכַן‏ : in their town squares all of them are wailing, screaming, and weeping ; EchR[1]55(6)↗ שריית מייללא‏ : : she began to lament ; FTP Gen35:9↗ ויתיב ליה צווח ומילל ומספד ובכי‏ : he sat down shouting and wailing and lamenting and crying ; BT RH 34a(53)↗ גנח מגנח איניש והדר מיליל‏ : a person (first) actually makes a trembling sound and then howls ; JohnBook 188:13↗ ubka iurba uailil ; PJ Deut32:10↗ במדברא בצדייות אתר דמייללין שידין‏ : in the desert, the desolation where the demons wail
Cˀafˁelto lament2 senses▶
1
to lament
JLAtg, Gal, CPA, Syr, Man, LJLA
TgJ Is14:31↗ אֵילִילִי עַל תַרעַך צְוַחִי עַל קִרוַך‏ : [MT הֵילִילִי שַׁעַר זַעֲקִי־עִיר] ; SYAP 32:12↗ ואייללת על בניה דכולהון אתחטפון‏ : she lamented over her children who had all been snatched away ; FMSD 19.2:19↗ text not cited ; P Gn27:34↗ ܐܝܠܠ ܐܝܠܠܬܐ‏ ; GY 86:24↗ haulil uˁl napšẖ ubka haulil ubka ˁl napšẖ ; SYAPappendix 1↗ ٠٠٠٠٠٠]ואיללת בלישני‏
2
cry out loudly
Syr
SugMgab 1:49↗ ܘܐܝܠܠܘ ܛܘܪ̈ܐ ܒܩܠ ܢܗܡܬܗ‏ ; JSmem 8:30↗ ܘܐܝܠܠ ܒܐܕܢܘ̈ܗܝ ܢܫܡܥ ܕܐܝܬ ܠܗ ܒܪܐ ܠܐܠܗܐ‏ : cry out loudly in his ears that he might hear that God has a son
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to rattle or creak
Syr
AphDem17.343:1↗ ܘܐܝܠܠܘ ܟܠܗܘܢ ܓܪ̈ܡܘܗܝ‏
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af'el ˁaylel, ˁēlel; but due to the similarity of consonantal spellings, it is often impossible to distinguish between pa''el and af'el forms; in Mand., though, the C stem is haulil !
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Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 575[301]DJPA: 241bDJBA: 535bJastrow: 579Drower/Macuch: 18a, 192aJ. Payne-Smith: 192Levy Ch-W: 1:335DNWSI: 458Audo: 1:432DCPA[Schulthess]: 162[83]

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