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title: אֵלָה — terebinth · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֵלָה (424), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 13 times: terebinth. BDB 1906: n.f. terebinth. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֵלָה

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«אֵלָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **terebinth** — 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:** 13 times · **Key:** 424 · **BDB:** אֵלָה

### Glosses

terebinth (10); the.terebinth (2); a.terebinth (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

terebinth [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/424/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. terebinth [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/424/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. terebinth (= אֵילָה (?) v. iv. איל \> StaGesch. 455 wh. derives from אֵל = divine; but cf. ib. on lack of clear distinction betw. אֵלָה, אֵלוֹן \& אַלּוֹן)—Gn 35:4 + 15 times + אֵילָה Gn 49:21 (for MT אַיָּלָה v. infr.)—terebinth = Pistacia terebinthus, Linn, a deciduous tree with pinnate leaves \& red berries; occasional in Palestine; grows to great age; always of single tree; near Shechem Gn 35:4 (E) cf. †אַלָּה Jos 24:26 (E, read אֵלָה?), Ophrah Ju 6:11, 19; in Jabesh 1 Ch 10:12; tree in which Absalom was caught 2 S 18:9(×2), 10, 14; v. also 1 K 13:14; expressly of idol-shrine Ho 4:13 (‖ אַלּוֹן, לִבְנֶה) Ez 6:13; as fading, withering, sim. of Judah Is 1:30; as hewn down, sim. id. 6:13 (‖ אַלּוֹן); fig. of Naphtali אֵילָה שְׁלֻחָה Gn 49:21 (𝔊 Ew Ol Di \> MT אַיָּלָה hind q.v.) a slender terebinth, v. Di \& cf. ii. אֵלָה; in topogr. designat. עֵמֶק הָא׳ 1 S 17:2, 19; 21:10 (v. עֵמֶק).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 12 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (14 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (12 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֵלָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/424/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 1:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.1.30/)

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כִּ֣י תִֽהְי֔וּ כְּאֵלָ֖ה נֹבֶ֣לֶת עָלֶ֑הָ וּֽכְגַנָּ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־מַ֖יִם אֵ֥ין לָֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* (dm) you.will.be like a.terebinth \[which.is\].withering leafage its and like a.garden which water there.\[is\].not for it

*JPS 1917:* For ye shall be as a terebinth whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water.

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[2 Samuel 18:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.18.10/)

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וַיַּרְא֙ אִ֣ישׁ אֶחָ֔ד וַיַּגֵּ֖ד לְיוֹאָ֑ב וַיֹּ֗אמֶר הִנֵּה֙ רָאִ֣יתִי אֶת־אַבְשָׁלֹ֔ם תָּל֖וּי בָּאֵלָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and he.saw a.man one and he.told to Joab and he.said there! I.saw (et) Absalom hung.up in the terebinth

*JPS 1917:* And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said: 'Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in a terebinth.'

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