יְלֵל

yelel · howling

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H3214 · appears 1 time in the Bible

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What it means

yelel (יְלֵל) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “howling”.

Like that of wild beasts in the wilderness.

How to say it

ye·lel

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. The long, eerie cries of wild beasts in an empty place.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • Deuteronomy 32:10

    He found him in a land of wilderness, and in an emptiness of howling, a wasteland; he surrounded him, he cared for him, he guarded him like the pupil of his eye.