I. אַ֫יִל 156 noun masculineGenesis 22:13 ram (as leader of flock, Late Hebrew & Aramaic 
id., Assyrian 
ailu Dl
W, Phoenician 
איל, = 
אַיִל rather than 
אַיָּל, compare CIS
i. p. 231) — 
(אָ֑יִל) אַיִל Genesis 15:9 +; construct 
אֵיל Exodus 29:22 +; plural 
אֵילִים (
אֵילִם, 
אֵלִים) 
Genesis 32:15 +; construct 
אֵילֵי Genesis 31:38; 
Isaiah 60:7. — 
ram, 
II. אַ֫יִל noun [
masculine] 
projecting pillar or 
pilaster — 
א׳ absolute 
1 Kings 6:31 (but see below) construct 
id. Ezekiel 40:14 (but strike out Co) 
Ezekiel 40:16 (Co better 
אֵילָיו); 
אֵיל Ezekiel 41:3, 
אֵל Ezekiel 40:48; plural 
אֵילִים Ezekiel 40:14 +; 
אֵילִם Ezekiel 40:10; suffix 
אילו Kt 
Ezekiel 40:9 + 
7 times; 
אלו Kt 
Ezekiel 40:29 + 
2 times Qr (in all) 
אֵילָיו, 
אֵלָיו; 
אֵלֵיהֵמָֿה Ezekiel 40:16; — 
pilaster or projection in wall at each side of entrance (compare Bö
Proben, 302; NÄ 927), in Solomon's temple 
1 Kings 6:31 (Bö
NÄ 525 reads 
אֵילָם), in Ezekiel's temple 
Ezekiel 40:9, 
10 + 
14 times Ezekiel 40, 
41 + 
Ezekiel 40:14a Ew Hi Co 
אילם compare 

 B; 
Ezekiel 40:38 read 
אילם so Sm Co compare 

; 
Ezekiel 40:14b Co strike out 
א׳. 
† III. [
אַ֫יִל ?] 
noun masculine leader, chief (= ram, as leader of flock ? compare Di 
Exodus 15:15 Ol
§142 f Lag
BN 170 & see 
Ezekiel 34:17) — construct 
אֵל Ezekiel 31:11; plural construct 
אֵילֵי Exodus 15:15; 
Ezekiel 17:13 + 
2 Kings 24:15 Qr (Kt 
אולי see 
אוּל); 
אֵלֵי Ezekiel 32:21 (strike out Co, see 

). — 
leader, chief מוֺאָב א׳ Exodus 15:15; 
הָאָרֶץ א׳ Ezekiel 17:13; 
2 Kings 24:15 Qr; 
גּוֺיִם א׳ Ezekiel 31:11 (
אֵלִים Job 41:17 see below 
אלה; perhaps 
אֵלֵיהֶם Ezekiel 31:14 but compare below IV. 
איל & also 
אֶל Note 1). 
† IV. [
אַ֫יִל ?] 
noun masculine terebinth (probably as prominent, lofty tree, see Di 
Genesis 12:6; 
Genesis 14:6) — construct 
אֵיל only proper name 
פָּארָן אֵיל see below; plural 
אֵילִים Isaiah 1:29; 
אֵלִים Isaiah 57:5 construct 
אֵילֵי Isaiah 61:3; suffix 
אֵלֵיהֶם Ezekiel 31:14 (> strike out Co. see 

 [Arabic Versions]). — 
terebinth (compare 
אֵלָה); as marking idol-shrines 
Isaiah 1:29; 
Isaiah 57:5 (so Che Di etc. > 
gods); figurative of ransomed ones of Zion 
אֵילֵי הַצֶּדֶק; perhaps of haughty ones 
Ezekiel 31:14.
														
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