I. אַ֫יִל 156 noun masculineGenesis 22:13 ram (as leader of flock, Late Hebrew & Aramaic
id., Assyrian
ailu Dl
W, Phoenician
איל, =
אַיִל rather than
אַיָּל, compare CIS
i. p. 231) —
(אָ֑יִל) אַיִל Genesis 15:9 +; construct
אֵיל Exodus 29:22 +; plural
אֵילִים (
אֵילִם,
אֵלִים)
Genesis 32:15 +; construct
אֵילֵי Genesis 31:38;
Isaiah 60:7. —
ram,
II. אַ֫יִל noun [
masculine]
projecting pillar or
pilaster —
א׳ absolute
1 Kings 6:31 (but see below) construct
id. Ezekiel 40:14 (but strike out Co)
Ezekiel 40:16 (Co better
אֵילָיו);
אֵיל Ezekiel 41:3,
אֵל Ezekiel 40:48; plural
אֵילִים Ezekiel 40:14 +;
אֵילִם Ezekiel 40:10; suffix
אילו Kt
Ezekiel 40:9 +
7 times;
אלו Kt
Ezekiel 40:29 +
2 times Qr (in all)
אֵילָיו,
אֵלָיו;
אֵלֵיהֵמָֿה Ezekiel 40:16; —
pilaster or projection in wall at each side of entrance (compare Bö
Proben, 302; NÄ 927), in Solomon's temple
1 Kings 6:31 (Bö
NÄ 525 reads
אֵילָם), in Ezekiel's temple
Ezekiel 40:9,
10 +
14 times Ezekiel 40,
41 +
Ezekiel 40:14a Ew Hi Co
אילם compare
![Greek Version of the LXX](/assets-v3/images/lexicon/bdb/bdb_g.svg)
B;
Ezekiel 40:38 read
אילם so Sm Co compare
![Greek Version of the LXX](/assets-v3/images/lexicon/bdb/bdb_g.svg)
;
Ezekiel 40:14b Co strike out
א׳.
† III. [
אַ֫יִל ?]
noun masculine leader, chief (= ram, as leader of flock ? compare Di
Exodus 15:15 Ol
§142 f Lag
BN 170 & see
Ezekiel 34:17) — construct
אֵל Ezekiel 31:11; plural construct
אֵילֵי Exodus 15:15;
Ezekiel 17:13 +
2 Kings 24:15 Qr (Kt
אולי see
אוּל);
אֵלֵי Ezekiel 32:21 (strike out Co, see
![Greek Version of the LXX](/assets-v3/images/lexicon/bdb/bdb_g.svg)
). —
leader, chief מוֺאָב א׳ Exodus 15:15;
הָאָרֶץ א׳ Ezekiel 17:13;
2 Kings 24:15 Qr;
גּוֺיִם א׳ Ezekiel 31:11 (
אֵלִים Job 41:17 see below
אלה; perhaps
אֵלֵיהֶם Ezekiel 31:14 but compare below IV.
איל & also
אֶל Note 1).
† IV. [
אַ֫יִל ?]
noun masculine terebinth (probably as prominent, lofty tree, see Di
Genesis 12:6;
Genesis 14:6) — construct
אֵיל only proper name
פָּארָן אֵיל see below; plural
אֵילִים Isaiah 1:29;
אֵלִים Isaiah 57:5 construct
אֵילֵי Isaiah 61:3; suffix
אֵלֵיהֶם Ezekiel 31:14 (> strike out Co. see
![Vulgate](/assets-v3/images/lexicon/bdb/bdb_b.svg)
[Arabic Versions]). —
terebinth (compare
אֵלָה); as marking idol-shrines
Isaiah 1:29;
Isaiah 57:5 (so Che Di etc. >
gods); figurative of ransomed ones of Zion
אֵילֵי הַצֶּדֶק; perhaps of haughty ones
Ezekiel 31:14.
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