Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
| Strong's Number: | H459 |
|---|---|
| Word: | אִלֵּין אִלֵּן |
| Part of Speech: | p/d. |
| Etymology: | prolonged from H412 |
| Language: | Aramaic |
| Occurrences: | 5 |
| Transliteration: | illeyn |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | il-lane' ((Aramaic) or shorter oillen {il-lane'}) p/d. |
| Meaning: | 1. these |
| KJV Renderings: | the, these. |
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אֵלֶּה demonstrative pronoun plural these (Nabataean אלה (Lzb264 Cooke241), Cappadocian and Egyptian Aramaic אלה (LzbEph. i. 323 RÉS361 A 3 S-CPap. E.13, Ki 13): probably therefore not, as used to be supposed, a Hebraism, but a peculiarity of the dialects of Jer 10:11 and of Ezra (in which the usually Aramaic form אִלֵּין does not occur) : see further אִלֵּין); — these, Jer 10:11; Ezra 5:15 Kt .
אִלֵּין (אִלֵּן Dan 2:44; Dan 6:7) demonstrative pronoun plural these (plural of דְּנָה , q. v.: Palmyrene אלן (Lzb264 Eph. i. 343, 345 Cooke26); ᵑ7 אילין; Mandean עלין (NöM 89 f. ); Talmud (with emphatic hâ prefixed, WCG:109) הָאִלֵּין : see further below Biblical Hebrew אֵלֶּה, and add Egyptian Aramaic אלו Cooke26); — these, only Daniel: Dan 2:40 דִּי מְרָעַע כָּלֿ, נִלֵּין, Dan 2:44 כָּלאִֿלֵּן מַלְכְוָתָא, Dan 6:3 אֲחַדְֵַּרְפְּנַיָּא אִלֵּין (so v.Dan 6:7), Dan 7:17 אִלֵּיץ חֵיוָתָא.
דְּנָה57 demonstrative prounoun common this (Zinjirli זן, זנה; Egyptian Aramaic זנה ( S-C Pap. B 17 +); זנך (ib.C 6, D 8); Nabataean, Palmyrene דנה (Lzb264 Cooke26); ᵑ7 דֵּין (e.g. 1Sam 10:27) and (with הָ, i.e. הָא, [untranscribed source text 5980] ecce) הָדֵתן; Aramaic of Têma הא זא (Cooke195. 198); Syriac [untranscribed source text 5981] (contracted for הָֽדְנָא); Mandean האזין; Sabean [untranscribed source text 5982] (HomChrest. 13); Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 5983] all from [דֶּה,] זה, + demonstrative noun (WCG 108 f.); feminine Biblical Aramaic דָּא , ᵑ7 דָּא, הָדה, Syriac [untranscribed source text 5984], Mandean האזא, Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 5985] without the n; the plural is אִלֵּין , q. v. ); — this:
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke
