אֵלָה
ʼêlâh · H424 · Hebrew · 13 occurrences
Thing
- TerebinthWild Trees and Shrubs29 verses
Meanings
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terebinth
A tree with a broad crown, heavy branches, and thick trunk, reaching 7.5 to 9 meters, with small inconspicuous flowers, sheds its leaves, yields aromatic turpentine when the bark is cut, gives pleasant shade, and is associated with cultic worship
ExamplesGenesis 35:4 So they gave Jacob all the foreign gods which they had and the rings which were in their ears, and Jacob hid them under the oak which was near Shechem.
Judges 6:11 Then the angel of the LORD came and sat under the oak that was in Ophrah, which belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, as his son Gideon was beating out wheat in the wine press in order to save it from the Midianites.
Judges 6:19 Then Gideon went in and prepared a young goat and unleavened bread from an ephah of flour; he put the meat in a basket and the broth in a pot, and brought them out to him under the oak and presented them.
How it’s used In 3 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
5 occurrences in 6 groups
- גָּדוֹלgreat, large 1
- יוֹאָשׁJoash 1
- נָבֵלto wither 1
- עָבֹתleafy (tree) 1
- עׇפְרָהOphrah 1
- שְׁכֶםshoulder 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
11 occurrences in 4 groups
- תַּחַתunder, below, instead of 11
- בin/on/with 4
- כlike/as 2
- אֵלto, toward 1
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- לֵבheart, mind 1
- שׂוֹבֶךְthick branches 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Semantic domains 3 entries
- Trees001002007002
- אֵלָה names a large tree, the terebinth or oak, as the oak under which the angel of the LORD sat at Ophrah (Judges 6:11) and the oak in which Absalom's hair caught as his mule passed beneath it (2 Samuel 18:9).
- Names of People003001007
- The same word underlies the personal name Elah, borne by several Old Testament figures including a king of Israel (1 Kings 16:8, tagged under אֵלָה (ʼÊlâh, H425) rather than under this common-noun entry).
- Names of Locations003001010
- אֵלָה also underlies the name of the Valley of Elah, the site of David's battle with Goliath (1 Samuel 17:2, tagged under אֵלָה (ʼÊlâh, H425) rather than under this common-noun entry).
Word family 13 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H424. elah I. אֵלָה noun feminine terebinth (= אֵילָה (?) see IV. איל > StaGeschichte 455…
I. אֵלָה noun feminine terebinth (= אֵילָה (?) see IV. איל > StaGeschichte 455 who derives from אֵל = divine; but compare ib. on lack of clear distinction between אֵלוֺן אֵלָה, & אַלּוֺן) — Gen 35:4 Gen 35:15t. + אֵילָה Gen 49:21 (for אַיָּלָה ᵑ0 see below) — terebinth = Pistacia terebinthus, Linn., a deciduous tree with pinnate leaves & red berries; occasional in Palestine; grows to great age; always of single tree; near Shechem Gen 35:4 (E) compare אַלָּה Jos 24:26 (E, read אֵלָה?), Ophrah Jdg 6:11, Jdg 6:19; in Jabesh 1Ch 10:12; tree in which Absalom was caught 2Sa 18:9 (twice in verse); 2Sa 18:10, 2Sa 18:14; see also 1Ki 13:14; expressly of idol-shrine Hos 4:13 (|| לִבְנֶה אַלּוֺן,) Eze 6:13; as fading, withering, simile of Judah Isa 1:30; as hewn down, simile id. Isa 6:13 (|| אַלּוֺן); figurative of Naphtali שְׁלֻחָה אֵילָה Gen 49:21 (ᵐ5 Ew Ol Di > אַיָּלָה ᵑ0 hind q. v.) a slender terebinth, see Di & compare II. אֵלָה; in topographic designation הָא ׳עֵמֶק 1Sa 17:2, 1Sa 17:19; 1Sa 21:10 (see עֵמֶק).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 3 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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