Lexical Definition

‎אִלֵּין‎ ʼillêyn (il-lane') these ^A:DemP
(Aramaic) or shorter אִלֵּן ʼillên (il-lane'); prolonged from ‎אֵל‎

the, these.

• these

1) these, those

Extended Information

Aramaic of: אֵל

• Aramaic of el (‎א‎ֵ‎ל‎ "these" אֵל)

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Hebrew form: אֵלֶּה
Also see: דֵּן

‎אִלֵּין‎ (‎אִלֵּן‎ Dan 2:44; Dan 6:7*) demonstrative pronoun plural these (plural of ‎דְּנָה‎, q. v.: Palmyrene ‎אלן‎ (Lzb^{264 Eph. i. 343, 345} Cooke²⁶); ᵑ7 ‎אילין‎; Mandean ‎עלין‎ (Nö^{M 89 f.}); Talmud (with emphatic hâ prefixed, W^CG:109) ‎הָאִלֵּין‎: see further below Biblical Hebrew ‎אֵלֶּה‎, and add Egyptian Aramaic ‎אלו‎ Cooke²⁶); — these, only Daniel: Dan 2:40 ‎דִּי מְרָעַע כָּלֿ‎, ‎נִלֵּין‎, vDan 2:44 ‎כָּלאִֿלֵּן מַלְכְוָתָא‎, Dan 6:3* ‎אֲחַדְֵַּרְפְּנַיָּא אִלֵּין‎ (so v.Dan 6:7*), Dan 7:17 ‎אִלֵּיץ חֵיוָתָא‎.

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