Lexical Definition

‎עִלָּה‎ ʻillâh (il-law') pretext ^A:N-F
(Aramaic) feminine from a root corresponding to ‎עָלָה‎

occasion.

• a pretext (as arising artificially)

1) matter, affair, occasion

See Greek: ἁμαρτία · πρόφασις

Extended Information

Aramaic of: עָלָה

• Aramaic of a.lah (‎ע‎ָ‎ל‎ָ‎ה‎ ": rise" עָלָה)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Hebrew form: עָלַל
‎עִלָּה‎ noun feminine matter, affair, occasion (Syriac , see Biblical Hebrew I. ‎עלל‎); — absolute ‎׳‎‎ע‎ Dan 6:5* (twice in verse); Dan 6:6* ( = ground of accusation).

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