אַלּוֺן noun masculine[Gen 35:8] oak (ᵐ5 βάλανος, δρῦς, etc.) — ׳א absolute [Gen 35:8] +; construct ib.; plural אַלּוֺנִים [Amos 2:9]; [Ezek 27:6] construct אַלּוֺנֵי [Isa 2:13]; [Zech 11:12] — as marking grave of Deborah, Rebekah's nurse [Gen 35:8] (E); whence called oak of weeping, בָּכוּת ׳א ib. (see Di on the passage, & below אֵלוֺן p. 18); elsewhere only in prophets; as marking illicit shrines [Hos 4:13] (|| לִבְנֶה, אֵלָה); as felled [Isa 6:13] (in simile; || אֵלָה); as furnishing material for making idols [Isa 44:14] (|| אֶרֶז, תִּרְזָה, אֹרֶן); as simile for strength (חסן) [Amos 2:9] also אַלּוֺנֵי הַבָּשָׁן [Isa 2:13] (as lofty & majestic), compare [Ezek 27:6] (as strong, for making oars); [Zech 11:2], metaphor of prominent men.
The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon
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