אֵלָה

I. אֵלָה noun feminine terebinth (= אֵילָה (?) see IV. איל > Sta^{Geschichte 455} who derives from אֵל = divine; but compare ib. on lack of clear distinction between אֵלָה, אֵלוֺן & אַלּוֺן) — 1 Mos 35,4 + 15 t. + אֵילָה 1 Mos 49,21 (for ᵑ0 אַיָּלָה see below) — terebinth = Pistacia terebinthus, Linn., a deciduous tree with pinnate leaves & red berries; occasional in Palestine; grows to great age; always of single tree; near Shechem 1 Mos 35,4 (E) compare אַלָּה Jos 24,26 (E, read אֵלָה?), Ophrah Dom 6,11; Dom 6,19 in Jabesh 1 Kron 10,12 tree in which Absalom was caught 2 Sam 18,9 (twice in verse); 2 Sam 18,10; 2 Sam 18,14 see also 1 Kong 13,14 expressly of idol-shrine Hos 4,13 (|| אַלּוֺן, לִבְנֶה) Ezk 6,13 as fading, withering, simile of Judah Es 1,30 as hewn down, simile id. Es 6,13 (|| אַלּוֺן); figurative of Naphtali אֵילָה שְׁלֻחָה 1 Mos 49,21 (ᵐ5 Ew Ol Di > ᵑ0 אַיָּלָה hind q. v.) a slender terebinth, see Di & compare II. אֵלָה; in topographic designation ׳עֵמֶק הָא 1 Sam 17,2; 1 Sam 17,19; 1 Sam 21,10 (see עֵמֶק).