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title: אַיִל — projecting pillar · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אַיִל (lemma:אַיִל), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 25 times: projecting pillar. BDB 1906: projecting pillar pilaster. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אַיִל

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«אַיִל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **projecting pillar** — 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:** 25 times · **Key:** lemma:אַיִל · **BDB:** אַ֫יִל²

### Glosses

pillars (17); a.pillar (2); oaks (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

projecting pillar [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b7_5d9_5b4_5dc/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

projecting pillar pilaster [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b7_5d9_5b4_5dc/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] projecting pillar or pilaster—א׳ abs. 1 K 6:31 (but v. infr.) cstr. id. Ez 40:14 (but del. Co) 16 (Co better אֵילָיו); אֵיל 41:3, אֵל 40:48; pl. אֵילִים 40:14 +; אֵילִם 40:10; sf. אילו Kt 40:9 + 7 times; אלו Kt 40:29 + 2 times Qr (in all) אֵילָיו, אֵלָיו; אֵלֵיהֵמָֿה 40:16;—pilaster or projection in wall at each side of entrance (cf. BöProben, 302; NÄ 927), in Sol.’s temple 1 K 6:31 (BöNÄ 525 reads אֵילָם), in Ezek.’s temple Ez 40:9, 10 + 14 times Ez 40.41 + 40:14a Ew Hi Co אילם cf. 𝔊B; 40:38 read אילם so Sm Co cf. 𝔊; 40:14b Co del. א׳.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 9 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (26 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (20 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אַיִל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b7_5d9_5b4_5dc/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Kings 6:31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.6.31/)

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וְאֵת֙ פֶּ֣תַח הַדְּבִ֔יר עָשָׂ֖ה דַּלְת֣וֹת עֲצֵי־שָׁ֑מֶן הָאַ֥יִל מְזוּז֖וֹת חֲמִשִֽׁית׃

*Word for word:* and (et) the.entrance of the.innermost.room he.made doors of.wood(s) of.olive the pillar doorposts of.fifth

*JPS 1917:* And for the entrance of the Sanctuary he made doors of olive-wood, the door-posts within the frame having five angles.

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[Isaiah 1:29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.1.29/)

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כִּ֣י יֵבֹ֔שׁוּ מֵאֵילִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר חֲמַדְתֶּ֑ם וְתַ֨חְפְּר֔וּ מֵהַגַּנּ֖וֹת אֲשֶׁ֥ר בְּחַרְתֶּֽם׃

*Word for word:* (dm) they.will.be.ashamed from.\[the\] oaks which you.have.desired and you.will.be.abashed from the gardens which you.have.chosen

*JPS 1917:* For they shall be ashamed of the terebinths which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.

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