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I. אֵלוֺן
noun [feminine]
terebinth (= אֵלָה) — ׳
א construct Gen 12:6 + 4 t.; plural construct אֵלוֺנֵי
Gen 13:18 + 3 t.
— terebinth (or other tall tree, compare below on 1Sam 10:3; Judg 4:5), marking shrine, & hence used in
topographic designations; מוֺרֶה
׳
א (teacher's terebinth) Gen 12:6 (see Di) so Deut 11:30
מְעוֺנְנִים
׳
א (conjurors' terebinth) Judg 9:37 distinguished by owner or ruler מַמְרֵא
׳
א
Gen 13:18; Gen 14:13; Gen 18:1 by
neighbouring town (ב)צענים
Judg 4:11 compare
בְּצַעֲנַנִּים
׳
א
Josh 19:33
(editions אַלּוֺן, but see Norzi
Baer
Di.); מֻצָּב אֲשֶׁר בִּשְׁכֶם
׳
אֵ
Judg 9:6 (compare
אֵלָה
Gen 35:4);
תָּבוֺר
׳
א
1Sam 10:3 read
דְּבוֺרָה
׳
א (& compare אַלּוֺן בָּכוּת
Gen 35:8, &
תֹּמֶר דְּבוֺרָה
Judg 4:5) compare
EwGeschichte iii. 31
Th
Di
Gen 35:8 (see also
below אַלּוֺן).
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אַלּוֺן
noun masculine
Gen 35:8
oak (
ᵐ5
βάλανος, δρῦς, etc.) — ׳
א absolute Gen 35:8 +; construct ib.; plural אַלּוֺנִים
Amos 2:9; Ezek 27:6
construct אַלּוֺנֵי
Isa 2:13; Zech 11:12 —
as marking grave of Deborah, Rebekah's nurse Gen 35:8 (
E
); whence called oak of weeping, בָּכוּת
׳
א
ib. (see Di
on the passage, & below אֵלוֺן p. 18); elsewhere only in prophets; as
marking illicit shrines
Hos 4:13 (|| לִבְנֶה, אֵלָה); as felled Isa 6:13 (in simile; || אֵלָה
); as furnishing material for making idols Isa 44:14 (|| אֶרֶז, תִּרְזָה,
אֹרֶן); as simile for strength (חסן) Amos 2:9 also אַלּוֺנֵי הַבָּשָׁן
Isa 2:13 (as lofty
& majestic), compare Ezek 27:6 (as strong, for making oars); Zech 11:2, metaphor of prominent men.
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בָּכוּת
noun feminine
weeping. Only in אַלּוֺן בָּכוּת
Gen 35:8 i.e.
mourning oak, compare אלון, p. 47.
