Lexical Summary alah: to wail Original Word: אָלָהTransliteration: alah Phonetic Spelling: (aw-law') Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to wail Meaning: to bewail Strong's Concordance lament A primitive root (rather identical with 'alah through the idea of invocation); to bewail -- lament. see HEBREW 'alah Brown-Driver-Briggs H421. alah III. [אָלָה] verb wail (Aramaic אֲלָא, ) only Qal Imperative feminine singular אֱלִי Joel 1:8 (see אַלְלַי). |