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title: אֵלוֹן — terebinth · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֵלוֹן (436), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 10 times: terebinth. BDB 1906: terebinth. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֵלוֹן

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«אֵלוֹן» 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:** 10 times · **Key:** 436 · **BDB:** אֵלוֹן

### Glosses

the.great.trees (4); \[the\].great.tree (2); the.great.tree (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

terebinth [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/436/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

terebinth [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/436/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[f.\] terebinth (= אֵלָה)—א׳ cstr. Gn 12:6 + 4 times; pl. cstr. אֵלוֹנֵי Gn 13:18 + 3 times—terebinth (or other tall tree, cf. infr. on 1 S 10:3; Ju 4:5), marking shrine, \& hence used in topogr. designations; א׳ מוֹרֶה (teacher’s terebinth) Gn 12:6 (v. Di) so Dt 11:30; א׳ מְעוֹנְנִים (conjurors’ tereb.) Ju 9:37; distinguished by owner or ruler א׳ מַמְרֵא Gn 13:18; 14:13; 18:1; by neighbouring town (ב)צענים Ju 4:11; cf. א׳ בְּצַעֲנַנִּים Jos 19:33 (edd. אַלּוֹן, but v. Norzi Baer Di); אֵ׳ מֻצָּב אֲשֶׁר בִּשְׁכֶם Ju 9:6 (cf. אֵלָה Gn 35:4); א׳ תָּבוֹר 1 S 10:3 read א׳ דְּבוֹרָה (\& cf. אַלּוֹן בָּכוּת Gn 35:8, \& תֹּמֶר דְּבוֹרָה Ju 4:5) cf. EwGesch. iii. 31 Th Di Gn 35:8 (v. also sub אַלּוֹן).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֵלוֹן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/436/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 18:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.18.1/)

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וַיֵּרָ֤א אֵלָיו֙ יְהוָ֔ה בְּאֵלֹנֵ֖י מַמְרֵ֑א וְה֛וּא יֹשֵׁ֥ב פֶּֽתַח־הָאֹ֖הֶל כְּחֹ֥ם הַיּֽוֹם׃

*Word for word:* and he.appeared to him Yahweh at the.great.trees of.Mamre and he \[was\].sitting the.opening of the.tent about the.heat of the.day

*JPS 1917:* And the LORD appeared unto him by the terebinths of Mamre, as he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;

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[Genesis 12:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.12.6/)

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וַיַּעֲבֹ֤ר אַבְרָם֙ בָּאָ֔רֶץ עַ֚ד מְק֣וֹם שְׁכֶ֔ם עַ֖ד אֵל֣וֹן מוֹרֶ֑ה וְהַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֖י אָ֥ז בָּאָֽרֶץ׃

*Word for word:* and he.passed Abram in the land to the.place of.Shechem to the.great.tree of.Moreh and the Canaanite\[s\] then \[was\].in the land

*JPS 1917:* And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Shechem, unto the terebinth of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.

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