- Original: אלה - Transliteration: 'alah - Phonetic: aw-law' - Definition: 1. (Qal) to lament, wail - Origin: a primitive root [rather identical with H422 through the idea of invocation] - TWOT entry: 95 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root (rather identical with H422 through the idea of invocation); to bewail: - lament. Total KJV Occurrences: 1 • Lament, 1 Joel 1:8