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title: אַלָּה — oak · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אַלָּה (427), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: oak. BDB 1906: n.f. oak. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אַלָּה

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«אַלָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **oak** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 427 · **BDB:** אַלָּה

### Glosses

oak (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

oak [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/427/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. oak [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/427/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. oak (cf. אַלּוֹן, but 𝔊 here τερέμινθος) only Jos 24:26 the oak which is in the sanctuary of י׳; read however perhaps אֵלָה, terebinth (v. i. אֵלָה).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 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 «אַלָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/427/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Joshua 24:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.24.26/)

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וַיִּכְתֹּ֤ב יְהוֹשֻׁ֙עַ֙ אֶת־הַדְּבָרִ֣ים הָאֵ֔לֶּה בְּסֵ֖פֶר תּוֹרַ֣ת אֱלֹהִ֑ים וַיִּקַּח֙ אֶ֣בֶן גְּדוֹלָ֔ה וַיְקִימֶ֣הָ שָּׁ֔ם תַּ֚חַת הָֽאַלָּ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֖ר בְּמִקְדַּ֥שׁ יְהוָֽה׃ס

*Word for word:* and he.wrote Joshua (et) the words (the) these in the.book of.the.law of.God and he.took a.stone large and he set.it.up there under the oak which \[was\].at the.sanctuary of.Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God; and he took a great stone, and set it up there under the oak that was by the sanctuary of the LORD.

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