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title: אַיָּלוֹן — Aijalon · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אַיָּלוֹן (357), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 10 times: Aijalon. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. Aijalon. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אַיָּלוֹן

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«אַיָּלוֹן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Aijalon** — 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:** 10 times · **Key:** 357 · **BDB:** אַיָּלוֹן

### Glosses

Aijalon (8); of.Aijalon (1); to (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Aijalon [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/357/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. Aijalon [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/357/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. (Deer-field) Aijalon—א׳ Jos 10:12 + 8 times; אַיָּלֹ֫נָה 1 S 14:31— city in Dan Jos 19:42; 21:24 (Levit. city) Ju 1:35; 1 S 14:31 doubtless same; so 1 Ch 6:54 (where Dan om.); app. later in Benj. 1 Ch 8:13 2 Ch 11:10; 28:18 (v. Be); עֵמֶק אַיָּלוֹן Jos 10:12 almost certainly named from same; = Epiph. Ἰαλω, mod. Jâlo RobBR ii. 253, Surveyiii. 19. city in Zebulun Ju 12:12.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אַיָּלוֹן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/357/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Joshua 19:42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.19.42/)

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וְשַֽׁעֲלַבִּ֥ין וְאַיָּל֖וֹן וְיִתְלָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and Shaalabbin and Aijalon and Ithlah

*JPS 1917:* and Shaalabbin, and Aijalon, and Ithlah;

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[Judges 12:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.12.12/)

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וַיָּ֖מָת אֵל֣וֹן הַזְּבֽוּלֹנִ֑י וַיִּקָּבֵ֥ר בְּאַיָּל֖וֹן בְּאֶ֥רֶץ זְבוּלֻֽן׃פ

*Word for word:* and he.died Elon the Zebulunite and he.was.buried in Aijalon in the.land of.Zebulun

*JPS 1917:* And Elon the Zebulunite died, and was buried in Aijalon in the land of Zebulun.

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