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title: אַלֹּון — Aijalon · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אַלֹּון (439), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Aijalon. BDB 1906: n.m. oak. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אַלֹּון

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«אַלֹּון» 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 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** 439 · **BDB:** אַלּוֹן

### Glosses

Oak (1); of.Weeping (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Aijalon [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/439/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. oak [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/439/#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: same consonants, part of speech differs, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (5 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אַלֹּון» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/439/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 35:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.35.8/)

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וַתָּ֤מָת דְּבֹרָה֙ מֵינֶ֣קֶת רִבְקָ֔ה וַתִּקָּבֵ֛ר מִתַּ֥חַת לְבֵֽית־אֵ֖לבֵֽית־אֵ֖ל תַּ֣חַת הָֽאַלּ֑וֹן וַיִּקְרָ֥א שְׁמ֖וֹ אַלּ֥וֹן בָּכֽוּת׃פ

*Word for word:* and she.died Deborah the.nurse of.Rebekah and she.was.buried from under to Bethel Bethel under the oak and someone.called name its Oak of.Weeping

*JPS 1917:* And Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried below Beth-el under the oak; and the name of it was called Allon-bacuth.

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