HebrewH0424Noun (Feminine)

אֵלָה

e.lah

12Occurrences
H0424Strong's #
Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

an oak or other strong tree

feminine of H352 (אַיִל);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
  1. terebinth, terebinth tree 2) valley where David killed Goliath

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

H:N-F

Full Description

H:N-F

Occurrences

אֵלָה appears 12 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

2 Samuel
3
Isaiah
2
Judges
2
1 Chronicles
1
1 Kings
1
Ezk
1
Genesis
1
Hosea
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 10:12BSB

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.

2 Samuel 18:9BSB

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.

2 Samuel 18:14BSB

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.

Genesis 35:4BSB

So they gave Jacob all their foreign gods and all their earrings, and Jacob buried them under the oak near Shechem.

Isaiah 1:30BSB

For you will become like an oak whose leaves are withered,like a garden without water.

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