H1984a H1984a
To shine, flash forth light; used of celestial bodies and God's favor illuminating a person.
This rare verb (halal I, distinct from the common halal II 'to praise') describes the shining or flashing forth of light. Job recalls the days when God's lamp 'shone' upon his head (Job 29:3), a vivid image of divine favor. In the Hiphil, it describes the radiance of heavenly bodies — the sun flashing forth (Job 31:26), the sneezing of Leviathan casting light (Job 41:18), and the stars that will cease to give their light in judgment (Isa 13:10). Spanish 'brilló' and 'darán' capture both the past glow and the prophetic darkness.
Senses
1. sense 1 — To shine or flash forth light, said of luminaries and divine favor. In the Qal (Job 29:3), it pictures God's lamp shining on Job's head as a figure of blessing. In the Hiphil, it describes the radiance of sun, stars, and even Leviathan's sneezing (Job 31:26; 41:18; Isa 13:10). The cognate Akkadian 'elelu' (be bright) and Arabic 'halla' (begin to shine, of the new moon) confirm the root meaning. French and German translations left some forms untranslated, reflecting the word's rarity. 4×
AR["بِ-إضاءَتِهِ", "تُشْرِقُ", "تُضِيءُ", "يُضِيءُ"]·ben["উজ্জ্বল", "উজ্জ্বল-করে", "তারা-আলো-দেবে", "যখন-জ্বালাতেন"]·DE["[בהלו]", "[יהל]", "[יהלו]", "[תהל]"]·EN["flash-forth", "it-shone", "when-shone", "will-shine"]·FR["[יהלו]", "dans-louer-lui", "louer"]·heb["ב-הילו", "יאהלו", "יהל", "תהל"]·HI["चमकती-है", "चमकाती-हैं", "चमकेंगे", "ब-जलाना-उसका"]·ID["Ketika-bersinar", "ia bersinar", "memancarkan"]·IT["[יהלו]", "in-lodare-suo", "lodare"]·jav["Nalika-sumorot", "badhé-sumorot", "ngedalaken-cahya", "sumorot"]·KO["그것이-빛나고", "비추리라", "비취다", "빛낼-때에"]·PT["No-brilhar", "brilham", "brilharão", "brilhava"]·RU["будут-светить", "излучают", "когда-светил", "сиял"]·ES["Cuando-brilló", "brillaba", "darán", "hacen-brillar"]·SW["iking'aa", "nuru", "wakati-alipoangaza", "yanang'aa"]·TR["Parladığında", "parlar", "parlayacak", "parlıyor"]·urd["چمکاتی-ہیں", "چمکتی تھی", "چمکنے-میں-اُس-کے", "چمکیں-گے"]
Related Senses
H0559 1. say, speak, tell (5297×)G3004 1. say, tell, speak (2226×)H1696 1. speak, say, tell (Piel) (1105×)H7121 1. call, summon, name (575×)H6680 1. command, order, charge (483×)H6030b 1. answer, respond, reply (289×)G2980 1. speak, talk (277×)H5046 1. Hifil: to tell, report (237×)G0611 1. answer or respond verbally (232×)H1288 1. Piel: bless, invoke blessing (227×)H7650 1. swear, take an oath (Niphal) (154×)H3789 1. Qal passive participle: written, recorded (112×)H1984b 1. praise, laud (Piel) (111×)H7592 1. ask, inquire, question (96×)H3034 1. give thanks, praise (Hifil) (94×)G1321 1. teach, instruct actively (92×)H3789 2. Qal active: write, compose (89×)G1125 1. to write, compose (a letter or document) (84×)H5046 2. Hifil: to declare, proclaim (79×)H7892a 1. song, musical composition (78×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† I. [הָלַל] vb. shine (according to Thes al. = II. הלל (splenduit, from sonuit acute, clare, so Thes; these meanings, however, merely assumed); but v. LagOr. ii. 19; cf. Arabic هَلَّ begin to shine, هِلَالٌ new moon; Assyrian elêlu, be bright, ellu, bright COTGloss.)— Qal only Inf. sf. בְּהִלּוֹ נֵרוֹ עֲלֵי רֹאשִׁי Jb 29:3 when it, viz. his lamp, shone upon my head (cf. Ew§ 309 c), fig. of God’s…