אֶרְאֵל

[אֶרְאֵל] noun [masculine] (form & meaning dubious see below) — only in אֶרְאֶלָּם Es 33,7 Ges אַרְאֵלִם heroes; compare Thes Kn Che; Hi אֲרִאֵלָם; compare De, who derives from אֲרִיאֵל, literally = lion of God, collective with suffix, & translated their heroes; name, of a people from אֲרִיאֵל = Zion Nbr^{Ath. 1886, p. 400} compare Say^{ib. 466}; Ew אַרְאָל = אַרְעָל trembling, compare Di. Brd proposes הילילו 'cry pitifully.' ᵑ6 ᵑ9 and others read some form of ראה, ᵐ5 ירא. Wholly uncertain.