אלון
Hebrew edit
Alternative forms edit
- אֵלוֹן (elon)
Etymology edit
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| א־ל־ל (ʾ-l-l) |
Cognate with Akkadian 𒀠𒆷𒀭 (ʾallānu, alyānu, “oak; acorn”), Aramaic אִילָנָא (ʾīlānā, “tree”), Classical Syriac ܐܺܝܠܳܢܳܐ (ʾīlānā, “tree”). Doublet of אִילָן (ʾīlān, “tree”) which is borrowed from Aramaic. Borrowed into Semitic from Sumerian 𒄑𒀠𒆷𒈝 (allanum, “oak; acorn, acorn-shaped”). Compare also אֵלָה (ʾelā, “terebinth”) and the plurale tantum אֵילִים (ēlīm, “mighty tree”).
Pronunciation edit
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Noun edit
אַלּוֹן • (alón) m (plural indefinite אַלּוֹנִים, plural construct אַלּוֹנֵי־)
- oak
- Tanach, Genesis 13:18, with translation of the English Standard Version:
- וַיֶּאֱהַל אַבְרָם וַיָּבֹא וַיֵּשֶׁב בְּאֵלֹנֵי מַמְרֵא אֲשֶׁר בְּחֶבְרוֹן וַיִּבֶן שָׁם מִזְבֵּחַ לַיהוָה׃
- So Abram moved his tent and came and settled by the oaks of Mamre, which are at Hebron, and there he built an altar to the Lord.
- Tanach, Genesis 35:8, with translation of the English Standard Version:
- וַתָּמָת דְּבֹרָה מֵינֶקֶת רִבְקָה וַתִּקָּבֵר מִתַּחַת לְבֵית אֵל תַּחַת הָאַלּוֹן וַיִּקְרָא שְׁמוֹ אַלּוֹן בָּכוּת׃
- And Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died, and she was buried under an oak below Bethel. So he called its name Allon-bacuth.
- Tanach, Hosea 4:13, with translation of the English Standard Version:
- עַל רָאשֵׁי הֶהָרִים יְזַבֵּחוּ וְעַל הַגְּבָעוֹת יְקַטֵּרוּ תַּחַת אַלּוֹן וְלִבְנֶה וְאֵלָה כִּי טוֹב צִלָּהּ עַל כֵּן תִּזְנֶינָה בְּנוֹתֵיכֶם וְכַלּוֹתֵיכֶם תְּנָאַפְנָה׃
- They sacrifice on the tops of the mountains / and burn offerings on the hills, / under oak, poplar, and terebinth, / because their shade is good. / Therefore your daughters play the whore, / and your brides commit adultery.
Proper noun edit
אַלּוֹן • (alón) m
- a male given name, Alon or Elon
References edit
- H436 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- H367 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- “אלון” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Further reading edit
אלון on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
