איל

Aramaic

Alternative forms

• Syriac: ܐܝܠ

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʾil-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔil/

Proper noun

איל • (transliteration needed)

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

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Hebrew

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *ʾayyal-.

Noun

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

1. a ram, male sheep

Antonyms

• רָחֵל (raḥél)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

אֱיָל • (eyál) m

1. defective spelling of אייל

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Aramaic אילא (ʾīyālā).

Alternative forms

• אֱיָלוּת (ĕyālūṯ)

Noun

אֱיָל • (ĕyāl) f

1. aid; strength

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
• H354 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• H353 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

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Ladino

Etymology

From Old Spanish el.

Alternative forms

• אל (el)

Article

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

1. the (definite article)
   • 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

   פור איל נורטה

   por el norte

   to the north