אלה
Aramaic edit
Noun edit
אֱלָהּ • (ʾĕlāh)
Hebrew edit
Etymology 1 edit
Compare Arabic أُولَاءِ (ʔulāʔi).
Pronunciation edit
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈe.le/
Determiner edit
אֵלֶּה • (éle)
- masculine/feminine plural of זה (ze)
- Tanach, Genesis 36:1, with translation of the King James Version:
- וְאֵלֶּה תֹּלְדוֹת עֵשָׂו הוּא אֱדוֹם׃
- v'éle toldót esáv hu edóm.
- Now these are the generations of Esau, who is Edom.
References edit
Etymology 2 edit
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א־ל (ʾ-l) |
From אל (el, “god”) + ־ה (á, “-ess”).
Noun edit
אֵלָה • (elá) f (masculine counterpart אֵל)
- A goddess.
Further reading edit
- אלה (מיתולוגיה) on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
Etymology 3 edit
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א־ל־ל (ʾ-l-l) |
Compare אֵלֹון (elōn, “great tree”), אַלּוֹן (allōn, “great tree; oak”), and the plurale tantum אֵילִים (ēlīm, “mighty tree”).
Noun edit
אֵלָה • (elá) f
- A tree of the genus Pistacia.
Derived terms edit
- אֵלַת הַמַּסְטִיק (elat haMástik)
References edit
Further reading edit
- אלה (עץ) on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
Etymology 4 edit
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א־ל־ל (ʾ-l-l) |
Noun edit
אַלָּה • (alá) f
- A club for beating.
References edit
- “אלה” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Further reading edit
- אלה (נשק) on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
Etymology 5 edit
Noun edit
אֱלֹהַּ • (elóah) m