hil.lul denotes celebratory praise, seen in a vineyard festival and in offerings set apart for the LORD.

The attested use presents celebratory praise in two settings: a festival after gathering and treading vineyards, and offerings designated for the LORD.

1. Celebratory praise in festival and offering contexts · dominant

   The plural absolute form occurs in Judges 9:27 amid gathering and treading vineyards, followed by a festival, eating, drinking, and cursing Abimelech; the APB renders the verse with “held a festival.” In Leviticus 19:24, the same plural absolute form stands in the instruction that the fourth year's fruit be holiness; the APB renders the clause “praise offerings to the LORD.”

   Judges 9:27Leviticus 19:24

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the occurrences as “held a festival” in Judges 9:27 and “praise offerings to the LORD” in Leviticus 19:24. These render the clauses rather than establishing a separate English equivalent for the term.