Lexical Definition

‎אֵלוֹן‎ ʼêlôwn (ay-lone') (Diviners') Oak ^H:N-M
prolonged from ‎אַיִל‎

plain. See also ‎אֵילוֹן‎.

• an oak or other strong tree

1) tree, great tree, terebinth
2) plain

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Also see: אַלּוֹן בָּכוּת

I. ‎אֵלוֺן‎ noun [feminine] terebinth (= ‎אֵלָה‎) — ‎׳‎‎א‎ construct Gen 12:6 + 4 t.; plural construct ‎אֵלוֺנֵי‎ Gen 13:18 + 3 t. — terebinth (or other tall tree, compare below on 1Sam 10:3; Judg 4:5), marking shrine, & hence used in topographic designations; ‎מוֺרֶה‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ (teacher's terebinth) Gen 12:6 (see Di) so Deut 11:30 ‎מְעוֺנְנִים‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ (eonjurors' tereb.) Judg 9:37 distinguished by owner or ruler ‎מַמְרֵא‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ Gen 13:18; Gen 14:13; Gen 18:1 by neighbouring town ‎(ב)צענים‎ Judg 4:11 compare ‎בְּצַעֲנַנִּים‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ Josh 19:33 (editions ‎אַלּוֺן‎, but see Norzi Baer Di.); ‎מֻצָּב אֲשֶׁר בִּשְׁכֶם‎ ‎׳‎‎אֵ‎ Judg 9:6 (compare ‎אֵלָה‎ Gen 35:4); ‎תָּבוֺר‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ 1Sam 10:3 read ‎דְּבוֺרָה‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ (& compare ‎אַלּוֺן בָּכוּת‎ Gen 35:8, & ‎תֹּמֶר דְּבוֺרָה‎ Judg 4:5) compare Ew^{Geschichte iii. 31} Th Di Gen 35:8 (see also below ‎אַלּוֺן‎).

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