אֵלָה
e.lah
“oak”
Definition
an oak or other strong tree
feminine of H352 (אַיִל);
- terebinth, terebinth tree 2) valley where David killed Goliath
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Feminine)
H:N-F
H:N-F
Occurrences
אֵלָה appears 12 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
all their men of valor set out and retrieved the bodies of Saul and his sons and brought them to Jabesh. And they buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh and fasted seven days.
Now Absalom was riding on his mule when he met the servants of David, and as the mule went under the thick branches of a large oak, Absalom’s head was caught fast in the tree. The mule under him kept going, so that he was suspended in midair.
But Joab declared, “I am not going to wait like this with you!” And he took three spears in his hand and thrust them through the heart of Absalom while he was still alive in the oak tree.
So they gave Jacob all their foreign gods and all their earrings, and Jacob buried them under the oak near Shechem.
For you will become like an oak whose leaves are withered,like a garden without water.
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