אַלּוֹן בָּכוּת

I. אֵלוֺן noun [feminine] terebinth (= אֵלָה) — ׳א construct 1 Mos 12,6 + 4 t.; plural construct אֵלוֺנֵי 1 Mos 13,18 + 3 t. — terebinth (or other tall tree, compare below on 1 Sam 10,3; Dom 4,5), marking shrine, & hence used in topographic designations; מוֺרֶה ׳א (teacher's terebinth) 1 Mos 12,6 (see Di) so 5 Mos 11,30 מְעוֺנְנִים ׳א (eonjurors' tereb.) Dom 9,37 distinguished by owner or ruler מַמְרֵא ׳א 1 Mos 13,18; 1 Mos 14,13; 1 Mos 18,1 by neighbouring town (ב)צענים Dom 4,11 compare בְּצַעֲנַנִּים ׳א Jos 19,33 (editions אַלּוֺן, but see Norzi Baer Di.); מֻצָּב אֲשֶׁר בִּשְׁכֶם ׳אֵ Dom 9,6 (compare אֵלָה 1 Mos 35,4); תָּבוֺר ׳א 1 Sam 10,3 read דְּבוֺרָה ׳א (& compare אַלּוֺן בָּכוּת 1 Mos 35,8, & תֹּמֶר דְּבוֺרָה Dom 4,5) compare Ew^{Geschichte iii. 31} Th Di 1 Mos 35,8 (see also below אַלּוֺן).

אַלּוֺן noun masculine^{1 Mos 35,8} oak (ᵐ5 βάλανος, δρῦς, etc.) — ׳א absolute 1 Mos 35,8 +; construct ib.; plural אַלּוֺנִים Amos 2,9; Ezk 27,6 construct אַלּוֺנֵי Es 2,13; Zak 11,12 — as marking grave of Deborah, Rebekah's nurse 1 Mos 35,8 (E); whence called oak of weeping, בָּכוּת ׳א ib. (see Di on the passage, & below אֵלוֺן p. 18); elsewhere only in prophets; as marking illicit shrines Hos 4,13 (|| לִבְנֶה, אֵלָה); as felled Es 6,13 (in simile; || אֵלָה); as furnishing material for making idols Es 44,14 (|| אֶרֶז, תִּרְזָה, אֹרֶן); as simile for strength (חסן) Amos 2,9 also אַלּוֺנֵי הַבָּשָׁן Es 2,13 (as lofty & majestic), compare Ezk 27,6 (as strong, for making oars); Zak 11,2, metaphor of prominent men.