אֵלָה
ʼêlâh · ay-law'
an oak or other strong tree
Lexicon
Derivation: feminine of H352 (אַיִל);
an oak or other strong tree
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: elm, oak, teil-tree.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › authority, the one who leads › to reveal, behold
Strength, the leader of authority, the one who leads that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אֵלָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
13 occurrences · 13 OT · 0 NT · 12 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- under an oak2 · 15%
- oak2 · 15%
- them under the oak1 · 8%
- unto him under the oak1 · 8%
- of the oak1 · 8%
- in an oak1 · 8%
- in the midst of the oak1 · 8%
- under the oak1 · 8%
- for ye shall be as an oak1 · 8%
- as a teil tree1 · 8%
- and elms1 · 8%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.