# \*hVll-: 'to praise, cheer'

> Proto-Semitic *hVll-, 'to praise, cheer': reflexes in 8 language(s).

A page of the Linear A Lexicon's research wiki, in [Wiki](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/index.md>) › [Kaphtor Semitic Roots](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/index.md>) › [H](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/h/index.md>). Updated 2026-10-22.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*hVll- |
| Meaning | 'to praise, cheer' |
| Basis | project |

## Reflexes

| 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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## Notes

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

## Linked from

- [H](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/h/index.md>)

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