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title: אִילָן — tree · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: אִילָן (lemma:אִילָן), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 6 times: tree. BDB 1906: n.m. tree. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אִילָן

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«אִילָן» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **tree** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 6 times · **Key:** lemma:אִילָן · **BDB:** אִילָן

### Glosses

the (5); a.tree (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

tree [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b4_5d9_5dc_5b8_5df/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. tree [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b4_5d9_5dc_5b8_5df/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** (D 138) n.m. Dn 4:7 tree (𝔗 אִילָן, Syriac ܐܻܝܠܳܢ; cf.BH אֵלָה, אֵלוֹן, p. 18);—abs. א׳ Dn 4:7; emph. -נָא v 8, 11, 17, 20, 23.

### Jastrow 1903

אִילָּן: oak tree. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b4_5d9_5dc_5b8_5df/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** (cmp. b. h. אֵלוֹן oak, v. אֵלָה) tree. Shebi. I, 1, a. e. שדה הא׳ a field containing at least three trees within a distance of a S’ah (v. סְאָה). Ib. 3 א׳ סרק bearing no edible fruit, opp. א׳ מאכל.—Pes. 112ᵃ (prov.) אם בקשת וכ׳ if you desire to be strangled, be hanged on a large tree, (if you must refer to an authority, select a good one).—Pl. אִילָּנוֹת, const. אִילָּנֵי. Shebi. I, 2. Gen. R. s. 16; a. fr.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates); Jastrow: headword without dagesh, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (14 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אִילָן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b4_5d9_5dc_5b8_5df/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 4:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.4.7/)

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וְחֶזְוֵ֥י רֵאשִׁ֖י עַֽל־מִשְׁכְּבִ֑י חָזֵ֣ה הֲוֵ֔ית וַאֲל֥וּ אִילָ֛ן בְּג֥וֹא אַרְעָ֖א וְרוּמֵ֥הּ שַׂגִּֽיא׃

*Word for word:* and the.visions of my.head on bed my seeing I.was and lo! a.tree in the.midst of the.land and height its \[was\].great

*JPS 1917:* Thus were the visions of my head upon my bed: I saw, and behold a tree in the midst of the earth, and the height thereof was great.

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[Daniel 4:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.4.8/)

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רְבָ֥ה אִֽילָנָ֖א וּתְקִ֑ף וְרוּמֵהּ֙ יִמְטֵ֣א לִשְׁמַיָּ֔א וַחֲזוֹתֵ֖הּ לְס֥וֹף כָּל־אַרְעָֽא׃

*Word for word:* it.grew.great the tree and it.grew.strong and height its it.reached to the heavens and the.sight of.it \[was\].to the.end of.all the land

*JPS 1917:* The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached unto heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth.

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