אלון

Hebrew

Alternative forms

• אֵלוֹן (elón)

Etymology

Root
א־ל־ל (ʾ-l-l)
2 terms

Uncertain; doublet of אֵלוֹן (elón), which possibly is the native Canaanite counterpart, compare Aramaic אִילָנָא (ʾīlānā, “tree”) and Classical Syriac ܐܺܝܠܳܢܳܐ (ʾīlānā, “tree”). The present form with a short /a/ and a geminated /l/ on the other hand may be a borrowing from Akkadian 𒀠𒆷𒀭 (ʾallānu, alyānu, “oak; acorn”). For a similar situation see אֵלָה (elá) and אַלָּה (alá).

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /(ʔ)aˈlon/

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Noun

אַלּוֹן • (alón) m (plural indefinite אַלּוֹנִים, singular construct אלּוֹן־, plural construct אַלּוֹנֵי־) [pattern: קַטְלוֹן]

1. (countable) oak
   • Tanach, Genesis 13:18, with translation of the English Standard Version:

     וַיֶּאֱהַל אַבְרָם וַיָּבֹא וַיֵּשֶׁב בְּאֵלֹנֵי מַמְרֵא אֲשֶׁר בְּחֶבְרוֹן וַיִּבֶן שָׁם מִזְבֵּחַ לַיהוָה׃

     So Abram moved his tent and came and settled by the oaks of Mamre, which are at Hebron, and there he built an altar to the Lord.

   • Tanach, Genesis 35:8, with translation of the English Standard Version:

     וַתָּמָת דְּבֹרָה מֵינֶקֶת רִבְקָה וַתִּקָּבֵר מִתַּחַת לְבֵית אֵל תַּחַת הָאַלּוֹן וַיִּקְרָא שְׁמוֹ אַלּוֹן בָּכוּת׃

     And Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died, and she was buried under an oak below Bethel. So he called its name Allon-bacuth.

   • Tanach, Hosea 4:13, with translation of the English Standard Version:

     עַל רָאשֵׁי הֶהָרִים יְזַבֵּחוּ וְעַל הַגְּבָעוֹת יְקַטֵּרוּ תַּחַת אַלּוֹן וְלִבְנֶה וְאֵלָה כִּי טוֹב צִלָּהּ עַל כֵּן תִּזְנֶינָה בְּנוֹתֵיכֶם וְכַלּוֹתֵיכֶם תְּנָאַפְנָה׃

     They sacrifice on the tops of the mountains / and burn offerings on the hills, / under oak, poplar, and terebinth, / because their shade is good. / Therefore your daughters play the whore, / and your brides commit adultery.

Declension

Declension of אַלּוֹן

	isolated forms		with possessive pronouns
Number:	State:	form	Person:	singular		plural
				m	f	m	f
singular	indefinite	אַלּוֹן	first	אַלּוֹנִי		אַלּוֹנֵנוּ
	definite	הָאַלּוֹן	second	אַלּוֹנְךָ	אַלּוֹנֵךְ	אַלּוֹנְכֶם	אַלּוֹנְכֶן
	construct	אַלּוֹן־	third	אַלּוֹנוֹ	אַלּוֹנָהּ	אַלּוֹנָם	אַלּוֹנָן
plural	indefinite	אַלּוֹנִים	first	אלוניי / אַלּוֹנַי		אַלּוֹנֵינוּ
	definite	הָאַלּוֹנִים	second	אַלּוֹנֶיךָ	אלונייך / אַלּוֹנַיִךְ	אַלּוֹנֵיכֶם	אַלּוֹנֵיכֶן
	construct	אַלּוֹנֵי־	third	אַלּוֹנָיו	אַלּוֹנֶיהָ	אַלּוֹנֵיהֶם	אַלּוֹנֵיהֶן

Proper noun

אַלּוֹן • (alón) m

1. a male given name, Alon or Elon

References

• H436 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• H356 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• “אלון” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
• "אלון" in the Noun Declension Tables of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

• אלון on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he