אלה

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Aramaic

Noun

אֱלָהּ • (ʾĕlāh)

  1. indefinite of אֱלָהָא

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Compare Arabic أُولَاءِ (ʔulāʔi).

Pronunciation

Determiner

אֵלֶּה • (éle)

  1. masculine/feminine plural of זה (ze)
    • Tanach, Genesis 36:1, with translation of the King James Version:
      וְאֵלֶּה תֹּלְדוֹת עֵשָׂו הוּא אֱדוֹם׃
      v'éle toldót esáv hu edóm.
      Now these are the generations of Esau, who is Edom.

References

Etymology 2

Root
א־ל (ʾ-l)

From אל (el, “god”) + ־ה (á, “-ess”).

Noun

אֵלָה • (elá) f (masculine counterpart אֵל)

  1. A goddess.

Further reading

Etymology 3

Root
א־ל־ל (ʾ-l-l)

Compare אֵלֹון (elōn, “great tree”), אַלּוֹן (allōn, “great tree; oak”), and the plurale tantum אֵילִים (ēlīm, “mighty tree”).

Noun

אֵלָה • (elá) f

  1. A terebinth, a tree of the genus Pistacia.
Derived terms

References

Further reading

Etymology 4

Root
א־ל־ל (ʾ-l-l)

Noun

אַלָּה • (alá) f

  1. A club for beating.
References
  • “אלה” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

Etymology 5

Noun

אֱלֹהַּ • (elóah) m

  1. defective spelling of אלוה

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