{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H1984",
  "lemma": "הָלַל",
  "transliteration": "hâlal",
  "definition": "to be clear (orig. of sound, but usually of color); to shine; hence, to make ashow, to boast; and thus to be (clamorously) foolish; to rave; causatively, to…",
  "kjv": "(make) boast (self), celebrate, commend, (deal, make), fool(-ish, -ly), glory, give…",
  "occurrences": 165,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "[הָלַל] vb. shine",
    "Qal when it, viz. his lamp, shone upon my head, fig. of God’s favour.",
    "Hiph. flash forth light",
    "הָלַל vb",
    "[הָלַל] vb. be boastful, Pi. praise",
    "Qal be boastful",
    "Pi.",
    "1. praise man or woman",
    "2. usually praise י׳",
    "3. appar. boast, make one’s boast",
    "Pu. be praised",
    "Hithpa. glory, boast, make one’s boast",
    "Po‛el make into a fool, make a fool of",
    "Po‛al of laughter I said, It is mad (folly)",
    "Hithpo. act madly, or like a madman"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 12:15",
      "text": "The princes of Pharaoh saw her, and praised her to Pharaoh; and the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/12?v=15"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Judges 16:24",
      "text": "When the people saw him, they praised their god; for they said, “Our god has delivered our enemy and the destroyer of…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/16?v=24"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 21:14",
      "text": "He changed his behavior before them and pretended to be insane in their hands, and scribbled on the doors of the gate…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/21?v=14"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 14:25",
      "text": "Now in all Israel there was no one to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty. From the sole of his foot even to…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/14?v=25"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 22:4",
      "text": "I call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; So shall I be saved from my enemies.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/22?v=4"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Kings 20:11",
      "text": "The king of Israel answered, “Tell him, ‘Don’t let him who puts on his armor brag like he who takes it off.’”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/20?v=11"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 13:10",
      "text": "For the stars of the sky and its constellations will not give their light. The sun will be darkened in its going out…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/13?v=10"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 38:18",
      "text": "For Sheol can’t praise you. Death can’t celebrate you. Those who go down into the pit can’t hope for your truth.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/38?v=18"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 41:16",
      "text": "You will winnow them, and the wind will carry them away, and the whirlwind will scatter them. You will rejoice in the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/41?v=16"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 44:25",
      "text": "who frustrates the signs of the liars, and makes diviners mad; who turns wise men backward, and makes their knowledge…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/44?v=25"
    }
  ],
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