איל

Aramaic

Alternative forms

• Syriac: ܐܝܠ

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Semitic *ʾil-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔejl/

Proper noun

אֵיל • (ʾēl)

1. God, the single god of monotheism.
   • Peshitta, Matthew 27:46

     ולאפי תשע שעין קעא ישוע בקלא רמא ואמר איל איל למנא שבקתני܀

     walpay tšaʿ šāʿīn qʿa yešuʿ bqālā rāmā wemar: īl īl lmānā švaqtāni.

     (Murdock) Matthew 27:46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice and said: "O God, O God; why hast thou forsaken me?”

See also

• אלהא

References

• “ˀyl”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Jastrow, Marcus (1903), A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature‎^[1], London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons

Hebrew

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *ʔayyal-.

Pronunciation

• (reconstructed Biblical) IPA^(key): /ʔajl/
• (Tiberian) IPA^(key): /ˈʔa.jil/, [ˈʔaː.jil]
• (Yemenite) IPA^(key): /ˈʔa.jil/, [ˈʔæː.jil]
• (Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(ʔ)æ.jil/
• (Ashkenazi) IPA^(key): /ˈa.jil/
• (Modern Israeli) IPA^(key): /ˈ(ʔ)a.jil/
• Rhymes: -a.jil

Noun

אַיִל • (áyil) m (plural indefinite אֵילִים, singular construct אֵיל־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

1. (zoology, agriculture) ram (a male sheep, typically uncastrated)
   • Tanach, Leviticus 8:22, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     וַיַּקְרֵב אֶת־הָאַיִל הַשֵּׁנִי אֵיל הַמִּלֻּאִים וַיִּסְמְכוּ אַהֲרֹן וּבָנָיו אֶת־יְדֵיהֶם עַל־רֹאשׁ הָאָיִל׃

     va-yaqrév et ha-áyil ha-shení éyl ha-milluím va-yismkhú aharón u-vanáv et y'deihém 'al rosh ha-áyil.

     And the other ram was presented, the ram of consecration, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram.

Declension

Declension of אַיִל

	isolated forms		with possessive pronouns
Number:	State:	form	Person:	singular		plural
				m	f	m	f
singular	indefinite	אַיִל	first	אֵילִי		אֵילֵנוּ
	definite	הָאַיִל	second	אֵילְךָ	אֵילֵךְ	אֵילְכֶם	אֵילְכֶן
	construct	אֵיל־	third	אֵילוֹ	אֵילָהּ	אֵילָם	אֵילָן
plural	indefinite	אֵילִים	first	איליי / אֵילַי		אֵילֵינוּ
	definite	הָאֵילִים	second	אֵילֶיךָ	אילייך / אֵילַיִךְ	אֵילֵיכֶם	אֵילֵיכֶן
	construct	אֵילֵי־	third	אֵילָיו	אֵילֶיהָ	אֵילֵיהֶם	אֵילֵיהֶן

Antonyms

• רָחֵל (rakhél)

Etymology 2

See etymology at the plene spelling.

Noun

אַיָּל • (ayál) m

1. defective spelling of אייל

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Aramaic אילא (ʾīyālā).

Alternative forms

• אֱיָלוּת (ĕyālūṯ, eyalút)

Noun

אֱיָל • (eyal) f

1. defective spelling of אייל

References

• “ˀyl⁴”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• H352 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Wagner, Max (1966), Die lexikalischen und grammatikalischen Aramaismen im alttestamentlichen Hebräisch (Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft; 96) (in German), Berlin: Alfred Töpelmann, →ISBN, page 23
• "איל" in the Noun Declension Tables of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Ladino

Alternative forms

• אל (el)

Etymology

From Old Spanish el.

Article

איל • (el) m sg (f sg לה, m pl לוס, f pl לאס, Latin spelling el)

1. the (definite article)

   פור איל נורטה

   por el norte

   to the north

   • 1910, Ben Yitzhak Saserdoti, Refael i Miriam, page 3:

     מילייארדאס די איסטרילייאס רילומבראבֿאן איינדה אין איל פירמאמינטו

     Milyardas de estrelyas relumbravan ainda en el firmamento

     Billions of stars were still shining in the firmament