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title: אַלּוֹן — oak · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אַלּוֹן (437), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: oak. BDB 1906: n.m. oak. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אַלּוֹן

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«אַלּוֹן» 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 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 8 times · **Key:** 437 · **BDB:** אַלּוֹן

### Glosses

oak (3); oaks (2); O.oaks (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

oak [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/437/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. oak [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/437/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Gn 35:8 oak (𝔊 βάλανος, δρῦς, etc.)—א׳ abs. Gn 35:8 +; cstr. ib.; pl. אַלּוֹנִים Am 2:9; Ez 27:6; cstr. אַלּוֹנֵי Is 2:13; Zc 11:2;—as marking grave of Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse Gn 35:8 (E); whence called oak of weeping, א׳ בָּכוּת ib. (v. Di ad loc., \& sub אֵלוֹן p. 18); elsewhere only in prophets; as marking illicit shrines Ho 4:13 (‖ לִבְנֶה, אֵלָה); as felled Is 6:13 (in sim.; ‖ אֵלָה); as furnishing material for making idols Is 44:14 (‖ אֶרֶז, תִּרְזָה, אֹרֶן); as sim. for strength (חסן) Am 2:9; also אַלּוֹנֵי הַבָּשָׁן Is 2:13 (as lofty \& majestic), cf. Ez 27:6 (as strong, for making oars); Zc 11:2, metaph. of prominent men.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 1 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, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אַלּוֹן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/437/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 27:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.27.6/)

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אַלּוֹנִים֙ מִבָּ֔שָׁן עָשׂ֖וּ מִשּׁוֹטָ֑יִךְ קַרְשֵׁ֤ךְ עָֽשׂוּ־שֵׁן֙ בַּת־אֲשֻׁרִ֔ים מֵאִיֵּ֖י כִּתִּיִּֽים׃

*Word for word:* oaks from Bashan they.made oars your boards your they.made ivory the.daughter of.Assyrians from the.islands of.Kittim

*JPS 1917:* Of the oaks of Bashan have they made thine oars; thy deck have they made of ivory inlaid in larch, from the isles of the Kittites.

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[Zechariah 11:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEC.11.2/)

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הֵילֵ֤ל בְּרוֹשׁ֙ כִּֽי־נָ֣פַל אֶ֔רֶז אֲשֶׁ֥ר אַדִּרִ֖ים שֻׁדָּ֑דוּ הֵילִ֙ילוּ֙ אַלּוֹנֵ֣י בָשָׁ֔ן כִּ֥י יָרַ֖ד יַ֥עַר הַבָּצִֽיר׃

*Word for word:* wail O.cypress (dm) it.has.fallen a.cedar that majestic.\[trees\] they.have.been.devastated wail O.oaks of.Bashan (dm) it.has.come.down the.forest (the) inaccessible

*JPS 1917:* Wail, O cypress-tree, for the cedar is fallen; because the glorious ones are spoiled; wail, O ye oaks of Bashan, for the strong forest is come down.

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