אלה

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Aramaic

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Noun

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אֱלָהּ (ʾĕlāh)

  1. indefinite of אֱלָהָא

Hebrew

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Etymology 1

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Compare Arabic أُولَاءِ (ʔulāʔi).

Pronunciation

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Determiner

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אֵלֶּה (éle)

  1. masculine/feminine plural of זה (ze)
    • Tanach, Genesis 36:1, with translation of the King James Version:
      וְאֵלֶּה תֹּלְדוֹת עֵשָׂו הוּא אֱדוֹם׃
      v'éle toldót esáv hu edóm.
      Now these are the generations of Esau, who is Edom.

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Etymology 2

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Root
א־ל (ʾ-l)

From אל (el, god) + ־ה (á, -ess).

Noun

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אֵלָה (eláf (masculine counterpart אֵל)

  1. A goddess.

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Etymology 3

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Root
א־ל־ל (ʾ-l-l)

Compare אֵלֹון (elōn, great tree), אַלּוֹן (allōn, great tree; oak), and the plurale tantum אֵילִים (ēlīm, mighty tree).

Noun

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אֵלָה (eláf

  1. A terebinth, a tree of the genus Pistacia.
Derived terms
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Etymology 4

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Root
א־ל־ל (ʾ-l-l)

Noun

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אַלָּה (aláf

  1. A club for beating.
References
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  • אלה” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

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Etymology 5

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Noun

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אֱלֹהַּ (elóahm

  1. defective spelling of אלוה

Anagrams

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