ܗܕܐܝܠ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Corrupted from Hebrew הַרְאֵל (harʾēl, “mountain of God”), from הַר (har, “mountain of”) + אֵל (ʾēl, “El, God”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [h(ə.)ðɑˈʔe̝l]

Noun

ܗܕܐܝܠ • (həḏāʾêl) m

1. (figuratively) altar
   • Peshitta, Ezekiel 43:15:

     ܘܗܕܐܝܠ ܐܪ̈ܒܥ ܐ̈ܡܝܢ܂ ܘܡܢ ܗܕܐܝܠ ܘܠܥܠ ܩܪ̈ܢܬܐ ܐܪ̈ܒܥ܂

     wa-həḏāʾêl ʾarbaʿ ʾammīn. wə-men həḏāʾêl wa-ləʿal qarnāṯā ʾarbaʿ.

     So the altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar and upward shall be four horns.

See also

• ܡܕܒܚܐ (maḏbəḥā)

References

• “hdˀyl”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2018-10-26
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 73b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 100a
• Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, page 330b