פיל
See also: פֿיל
Hebrew
Etymology
Uncertain, but usually regarded as a non-Semitic Afro-Asiatic loanword, see Akkadian 𒄠𒋛 (pīru).
Other Semitic cognates include Aramaic פִּילָא (pīlā) and Arabic فِيل (fīl). Compare also Old Armenian փիղ (pʻił), Persian پیل (pīl), Sanskrit पीलु (pīlu).
Noun
פִּיל • (píl) m (plural indefinite פִּילִים, singular construct פִּילֵי־)
- An elephant.
Further reading
פילים on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
