Lexical Definition
אֵלֶּה ʼêl-leh (ale'-leh) these H:DemP
prolonged from אֵל
an-(the) other; one sort, so, some, such, them, these (same), they, this, those, thus, which, who(-m).
- these or those
1) these
1a) used before antecedent
1b) used following antecedent
See Greek: ἄλλος
Brown-Driver-Briggs
אֵ֫לֶּה (
Rabb אֵלּוּ, Aramaic אִלֵּין, & compd. with
and
in
,
) pronoun plural masculine & feminine these, in usage the plural of זֶה.
a. Gen 2:4 & often: in apposition to a substantive with a pronominal suffix (always without the article) Exod 9:14 (read with Hi. אֵלֶּה בְּךָ for אֶללִֿבְּךָ) Exod 10:1 אֹתֹתַי אֵלֶּה these my signs, Exod 11:8; Deut 11:18; 1Kgs 8:59; 1Kgs 10:8; 1Kgs 22:23; 2Kgs 1:13; Jer 31:21; Ezra 2:65; Neh 6:14 in the genitive 2Kgs 6:20; Isa 47:9; Deut 18:12; Ps 15:5 and after כל Gen 14:3 + often Standing alone in a neuter sense, these things (rare in best prose, & not very common in poetry), with עָשָׂה Deut 18:12; Deut 22:5; Deut 25:16; 2Sam 23:17; 2Sam 23:22; Ps 15:5 +; with other verbs Ezra 9:1; Isa 44:21; Isa 47:7; Jer 13:22; Hos 14:10*; Ps 42:5*; Ps 50:21; Ps 107:43; Job 8:2 with אֶתֿ Num 15:13; Isa 48:14 with כָּלֿ Judg 13:23; Isa 66:2 +; see also some of the cases with prepositions below
d. אלה may point indifferently to what follows, Gen 6:9; Gen 10:1; Gen 25:7; Gen 25:12; Gen 25:13; Ps 42:5* or to what has preceded, Gen 9:19; Gen 10:20; Gen 10:31; Gen 10:32; Gen 25:4; Lev 21:14; Lev 22:22; Ps 15:5 = such as these (τοιαῦτα), Ps 73:12; Job 18:21.
b. repeated, אלהו֗֗֗אלה, these . . . those Deut 27:13; Josh 8:22; Isa 49:12 (3 t.) Ps 20:8* +.
c. with the art. (but only after a substantive determined likewise by the article) הָאֵלֶּה Gen 15:1 + often. **in Josh 17:9 עָרִים הָאֵלֶּה, read הֶעָרִים, compare Josh 17:12; Josh 19:8; Josh 19:16; Josh 19:31; Josh 19:48, etc.
d. with prepositions: בְּאֵלֶּה Lev 25:54; Lev 26:23; 1Kgs 22:11 (7 t.), בָּאֵלֶּה 1Sam 16:10; 1Sam 17:39 לְאֵלֶּה Lev 11:24 (4 t), לָאֵלֶּה 1Kgs 22:17 (5 t.); מֵאֵלֶּה Gen 9:19 (16 t.); עַד אֵלֶּה Lev 26:18 עַלאֵֿלֶּה on account of these things Isa 57:6; Isa 64:11*; Jer 5:9 and elsewhere; כְּאֵלֶּה Job 16:2; Jer 10:16 = Jer 51:19, כָּאֵלֶּה Gen 27:46; Lev 10:19 (things like these, so Isa 66:8; Jer 18:13) Num 28:24 P (compare Ezek 45:25) 2Kgs 25:17 = Jer 52:22, כְּמוֺאֵֿלֶּה Job 12:3.
Brown-Driver-Briggs References
| Book | Refs |
|---|---|
| Genesis | 2:4 · 6:9 · 9:19 · 10:1 · 10:20 · 10:31 · 10:32 · 14:3 · 15:1 · 25:4 · 25:7 · 25:12 · 25:13 · 27:46 |
| Exodus | 9:14 · 10:1 · 11:8 |
| Leviticus | 10:19 · 11:24 · 21:14 · 22:22 · 25:54 · 26:18 · 26:23 |
| Numbers | 15:13 · 28:24 |
| Deuteronomy | 11:18 · 18:12 · 22:5 · 25:16 · 27:13 |
| Joshua | 8:22 · 17:9 · 17:12 · 19:8 · 19:16 · 19:31 · 19:48 |
| Judges | 13:23 |
| 1 Samuel | 16:10 · 17:39 |
| 2 Samuel | 23:17 · 23:22 |
| 1 Kings | 8:59 · 10:8 · 22:11 · 22:17 · 22:23 |
| 2 Kings | 1:13 · 6:20 · 25:17 |
| Ezra | 2:65 · 9:1 |
| Nehemiah | 6:14 |
| Job | 8:2 · 12:3 · 16:2 · 18:21 |
| Psalms | 15:5 · 20:8* · 42:5* · 50:21 · 73:12 · 107:43 |
| Isaiah | 44:21 · 47:7 · 47:9 · 48:14 · 49:12 · 57:6 · 64:11* · 66:2 · 66:8 |
| Jeremiah | 5:9 · 10:16 · 13:22 · 18:13 · 31:21 · 51:19 · 52:22 |
| Ezekiel | 45:25 |
| Hosea | 14:10* |