הָלַל hâlal — to be clear (orig. of sound, but usually of color)
Translated in the KJV as boast, celebrate, commend, (deal, make), fool(-ish, -ly), glory, give, be (make, feign self) mad, give in marriage.
a primitive root; to be clear (orig. of sound, but usually of color); to shine; hence, to make a show, to boast; and thus to be (clamorously) foolish; to rave; causatively, to celebrate; also to stultify.
hâlal in each stem
Pi'el
Imperative 52Imperfect (yiqtol) 19Infinitive construct 16Wayyiqtol 6Participle (active) 5Jussive 5Perfect (qatal) 4Cohortative 4Infinitive absolute 2Sequential perfect (weqatal) 2
The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house.
And when the people saw him, they praised their god: for they said, Our god hath delivered into our hands our enemy, and the destroyer of our country, which slew many of us.
But in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.
Hitpa'el
Imperfect (yiqtol) 13Jussive 6Participle (active) 3Imperative 2Infinitive construct 1
And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off.
Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord.
O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together.
Pu'al
Participle (passive) 7Perfect (qatal) 2Imperfect (yiqtol) 1
I will call on the Lord, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised: he also is to be feared above all gods.
The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.
Hitpolel
Wayyiqtol 1Sequential perfect (weqatal) 1Imperative 1Imperfect (yiqtol) 1
Then said Achish unto his servants, Lo, ye see the man is mad: wherefore then have ye brought him to me?
And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them.
Come up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men come forth; the Ethiopians and the Libyans, that handle the shield; and the Lydians, that handle and bend the bow.
Hiph'il
Imperfect (yiqtol) 3Infinitive construct 1
When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;
If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;
None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me?
Qal (Pa'al)
Participle (active) 3Jussive 1
Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the Lord will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.
For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck.
Po'al
Participle (passive) 2
For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,
I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
Po'el
Imperfect (yiqtol) 1
Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›