Being venerated, he cried (3)

I believe the answer is:
hal
'being venerated he cried' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'he cried' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'he' could be 'al' and 'al' is found within the answer.
A single letter 'h' remains which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for hal that I've seen before include "Odyssean character" , "Harry, in short" , "Man" , "future Henry V" , "Falstaff's prince (H.IV)" .)
