אלון

Hebrew

Alternative forms

  • אֵלוֹן (elón)

Etymology

Root
א־ל־ל (ʾ-l-l)
2 terms

Uncertain; doublet of אֵלוֹן (elón), which possibly is the native Canaanite counterpart, compare Aramaic אִילָנָא (ʾīlānā, “tree”) and Classical Syriac ܐܺܝܠܳܢܳܐ (ʾīlānā, “tree”). The present form with a short /a/ and a geminated /l/ on the other hand may be a borrowing from Akkadian 𒀠𒆷𒀭 (ʾallānu, alyānu, “oak; acorn”). For a similar situation see אֵלָה (elá) and אַלָּה (alá).

Pronunciation

  • (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /(ʔ)aˈlon/
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Noun

אַלּוֹן • (alón) m (plural indefinite אַלּוֹנִים, singular construct אלּוֹן־, plural construct אַלּוֹנֵי־) [pattern: קַטְלוֹן]

  1. (countable) oak
    • Tanach, Genesis 13:18, with translation of the English Standard Version:
      וַיֶּאֱהַל אַבְרָם וַיָּבֹא וַיֵּשֶׁב בְּאֵלֹנֵי מַמְרֵא אֲשֶׁר בְּחֶבְרוֹן וַיִּבֶן שָׁם מִזְבֵּחַ לַיהוָה׃
      So Abram moved his tent and came and settled by the oaks of Mamre, which are at Hebron, and there he built an altar to the Lord.
    • Tanach, Genesis 35:8, with translation of the English Standard Version:
      וַתָּמָת דְּבֹרָה מֵינֶקֶת רִבְקָה וַתִּקָּבֵר מִתַּחַת לְבֵית אֵל תַּחַת הָאַלּוֹן וַיִּקְרָא שְׁמוֹ אַלּוֹן בָּכוּת׃
      And Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died, and she was buried under an oak below Bethel. So he called its name Allon-bacuth.
    • Tanach, Hosea 4:13, with translation of the English Standard Version:
      עַל רָאשֵׁי הֶהָרִים יְזַבֵּחוּ וְעַל הַגְּבָעוֹת יְקַטֵּרוּ תַּחַת אַלּוֹן וְלִבְנֶה וְאֵלָה כִּי טוֹב צִלָּהּ עַל כֵּן תִּזְנֶינָה בְּנוֹתֵיכֶם וְכַלּוֹתֵיכֶם תְּנָאַפְנָה׃
      They sacrifice on the tops of the mountains / and burn offerings on the hills, / under oak, poplar, and terebinth, / because their shade is good. / Therefore your daughters play the whore, / and your brides commit adultery.

Proper noun

אַלּוֹן • (alón) m

  1. a male given name, Alon or Elon

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