ye.la.lah denotes an audible lament or outcry raised amid ruin, loss, and alarm.

The term denotes a voiced lament or outcry in settings of devastation and distress: it is associated with Moab's cry, with shepherds and flock leaders after their pasture is ruined, and with an announced cry from a city quarter.

1. Lamenting cry amid ruin or alarm · dominant

   The construct forms occur in cries connected with loss or destruction: in Isaiah 15:8 the APB renders Moab's cry as reaching Beer-elim, and in Jeremiah 25:36 it renders the clause "the wailing of the nobles of the flock" as their pasture is being ruined. Zechariah 11:3 likewise places the construct form in "the voice of the wailing of the shepherds" because their splendor is ruined; the absolute form in Zephaniah 1:10 is part of an announced sequence of cries from city locations.

   Isaiah 15:8Jeremiah 25:36Zechariah 11:3Zephaniah 1:10

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the occurrences, the APB uses "wailing" or "the wailing" and presents it alongside cries, ruined pasture or splendor, and an announced city alarm. These English renderings confirm the verse-level setting rather than establish a separate nuance.