I. אֵלָה noun feminine terebinth (= אֵילָה (?) see IV. איל > StaGeschichte 455 who derives from אֵל = divine; but compare ib. on lack of clear distinction between אֵלָה, אֵלוֺן & אַלּוֺן) — [Gen 35:4] + 15 t. + אֵילָה [Gen 49:21] (for ᵑ0 אַיָּלָה see below) — terebinth = Pistacia terebinthus, Linn., a deciduous tree with pinnate leaves & red berries; occasional in Palestine; grows to great age; always of single tree; near Shechem [Gen 35:4] (E) compare אַלָּה [Josh 24:26] (E, read אֵלָה?), Ophrah [Judg 6:11]; [Judg 6:19] in Jabesh [1Chr 10:12] tree in which Absalom was caught [2Sam 18:9] (twice in verse); [2Sam 18:10]; [2Sam 18:14] see also [1Kgs 13:14] expressly of idol-shrine [Hos 4:13] (|| אַלּוֺן, לִבְנֶה) [Ezek 6:13] as fading, withering, simile of Judah [Isa 1:30] as hewn down, simile id. [Isa 6:13] (|| אַלּוֺן); figurative of Naphtali אֵילָה שְׁלֻחָה [Gen 49:21] (ᵐ5 Ew Ol Di > ᵑ0 אַיָּלָה hind q. v.) a slender terebinth, see Di & compare II. אֵלָה; in topographic designation ׳עֵמֶק הָא [1Sam 17:2]; [1Sam 17:19]; [1Sam 21:10] (see עֵמֶק).
The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon
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