אלה

Aramaic

Noun

אֱלָהּ • (ʾĕlāh)

1. indefinite of אֱלָהָא

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Compare Arabic أُولَاءِ (ʔulāʔi).

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈe.le/

Determiner

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.

References

• H428 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Etymology 2

Root
א־ל (ʾ-l)

From אל (el, “god”) + ־ה (á, “-ess”).

Noun

אֵלָה • (elá) f (masculine counterpart אֵל)

1. A goddess.

Further reading

• אלה (מיתולוגיה) on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he

Etymology 3

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

אֵלָה • (elá) f

1. A tree of the genus Pistacia.

Derived terms

• אֵלַת הַמַּסְטִיק (elat haMástik)

References

• H424 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Further reading

• אלה (עץ) on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he

Etymology 4

Root
א־ל־ל (ʾ-l-l)

Noun

אַלָּה • (alá) f

1. A club for beating.

References

• “אלה” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

• אלה (נשק) on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he

Etymology 5

Noun

אֱלֹהַּ • (elóah) m

1. defective spelling of אלוה

Anagrams

• אהל
• לאה