*hVll-: 'to praise, cheer'

Root

Language	Form	Sources	Note
Hebrew	hll (pi.) (HALOT 248)	HALOT 248	gloss withheld
Ugaritic	hll (HALOT 248)	HALOT 248	gloss withheld
Syrian Aramaic	hallel (HALOT 248)	HALOT 248	gloss withheld
Akkadian	alālu, Gt elēlu, Š (HALOT 248)	HALOT 248	gloss withheld
Arabic	halla II, IV (HALOT 248)	HALOT 248	gloss withheld
Tigre	hawlala (HALOT 248)	HALOT 248	gloss withheld
Amorite	hll: hālilum, hitlal, māhlilum (Gelb AS 21, 19); ḫulīlu (Streck 2000, 99); h-l-l: aḫ-lu-la-um, ḫa-li-lum, ḫa-li-la-tum; mahlil: ma-aḫ-li-lum (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 216)	Gelb AS 21 19; Streck 2000 99; Sanmartín GlOS 1, 216	gloss withheld
Eblaitic	ʔà-la-lum /h-l-l/ (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 216)	Sanmartín GlOS 1, 216	gloss withheld

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HALOT 248: originally 'to trill, warble' (Littmann). Not I hll 'shine' (HALOT 248), nor III hll 'be infatuated' (2065).

Updated 22 October 2026