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It is used to describe a loud, mournful cry, typically associated with grief or a call for help. This term is often found in poetic and prophetic literature within the Hebrew Bible, where it underscores the emotional intensity of the situation being described.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Israelite culture, expressions of grief and lamentation were often public and vocal. Wailing was a common response to personal or communal tragedy, such as death, disaster, or divine judgment. The act of crying out was not only a natural emotional response but also a way to seek divine intervention or express repentance. Prophets frequently used such vivid imagery to convey the seriousness of Israel's spiritual condition and the urgency of returning to God.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>a prim. root<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>to cry in a shrill voice<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>lamented (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> [<font class="hebrew2">יָבַב</font>] <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>verb</b></font> only <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>Pi`el</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>cry shrilly</b></font> (Late Hebrew Pi`el <em>lament</em>; Aramaic <img src="/bdbgif/bdb038402.gif">, <font class="hebrew2">יַבֵּב</font> <em>sound</em> clarions, <em>exult</em>; Ethiopic <img src="/bdbgif/bdb038403.gif"> especially I. 2) — <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>Pi`el</b></font> <em>Imperfect</em>3feminine singular <font class="hebrew2">וַתְּיַבֵּב</font> <a href="/interlinear/judges/5-28.htm">Judges 5:28</a> through the windows she looked and <em>shrilly cried.</em> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>cry out <p>A primitive root; to bawl -- cry out. <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>וַתְּיַבֵּ֛ב ותיבב vatteyabBev wat·tə·yab·bêḇ wattəyabbêḇ<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/judges/5-28.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Judges 5:28</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/judges/5.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">הַחַלּ֨וֹן נִשְׁקְפָ֧ה <b> וַתְּיַבֵּ֛ב </b> אֵ֥ם סִֽיסְרָ֖א</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/judges/5.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> she looked <span class="itali">and lamented,</span> The mother<br><a href="/kjvs/judges/5.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> out at a window, <span class="itali">and cried</span> through the lattice,<br><a href="/interlinear/judges/5-28.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> of the window looked <span class="itali">and lamented</span> the mother of Sisera<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2980.htm">1 Occurrence</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2980.htm">Strong's Hebrew 2980<br>1 Occurrence</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/vatteyabbev_2980.htm">wat·tə·yab·bêḇ — 1 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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