hll / Semitic roots

Examples of words with the root hll: halala, Hallel, hallelujah.

hll

To shout, boast; in derived stem, to praise.

1.
a. alleluia, hallelujah, from Hebrew halləlû-yāh, praise Yahweh, from halləlû, praise, masculine plural imperative of hillēl, to praise;;
b. Hallel, from Hebrew hallēl, song of praise, from Hebrew hillēl, to praise..
2. halala, from Arabic halala, a Saudi Arabian coin, akin to hilāl, crescent, from halla, to appear (of the moon).

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