What does עִיר · הָלַל mean in the Bible?
עִיר · הָלַל is a Hebrew phrase meaning "renowned or praised city".
Hebrew · H5892, H1984
עִיר מְהֻלָּלָה
A city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post ) · 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
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עִיר H5892 a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post )
הָלַל H1984 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
Pronunciation hālal
To shine or make clear moves from audible boasting to celebratory praise; foundational to Hebrew worship language.
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What does עִיר מְהֻלָּלָה (ʿîr məhullālāh) mean in the Bible?
עִיר · הָלַל is a Hebrew phrase meaning "renowned or praised city".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H5892, H1984?
H5892, H1984 is connected to 1,260 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. renowned or praised city
Strong's H5892, H1984
Lexical occurrences 1,260 verses Source Gloss
renowned or praised city
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
עִיר מְהֻלָּלָה is built from this root:
Cross-Language Connections
Greek words that correspond to or develop the meaning of this Hebrew word in the New Testament.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
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Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain