אַיִל

Biblical Hebrew

projecting pillar — used 25 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

projecting pillar tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

אַ֫יִל²: projecting pillar pilaster tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.[m.] projecting pillar or pilaster—א׳ abs. 1 K 6:31 (but v. infr.) cstr. id. Ez 40:14 (but del. Co) 16 (Co better אֵילָיו); אֵיל 41:3, אֵל 40:48; pl. אֵילִים 40:14 +; אֵילִם 40:10; sf. אילו Kt 40:9 + 7 times; אלו Kt 40:29 + 2 times Qr (in all) אֵילָיו, אֵלָיו; אֵלֵיהֵמָֿה 40:16;—pilaster or projection in wall at each side of entrance (cf. BöProben, 302; NÄ 927), in Sol.’s temple 1 K 6:31 (BöNÄ 525 reads אֵילָם), in Ezek.’s temple Ez 40:9, 10 + 14 times Ez 40.41 + 40:14a Ew Hi Co אילם cf. 𝔊B; 40:38 read אילם so Sm Co cf. 𝔊; 40:14b Co del. א׳.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 9 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (26 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (20 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: pillars (17); a pillar (2); oaks (2).

In the verses

1 Kings 6:31 · tree →

וְאֵת֙ פֶּ֣תַח הַדְּבִ֔יר עָשָׂ֖ה דַּלְת֣וֹת עֲצֵי־שָׁ֑מֶן הָאַ֥יִל מְזוּז֖וֹת חֲמִשִֽׁית׃

Word for word: and (et) the.entrance of the.innermost.room he.made doors of.wood(s) of.olive the pillar doorposts of.fifth

JPS 1917: And for the entrance of the Sanctuary he made doors of olive-wood, the door-posts within the frame having five angles.

Isaiah 1:29 · tree →

כִּ֣י יֵבֹ֔שׁוּ מֵאֵילִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר חֲמַדְתֶּ֑ם וְתַ֨חְפְּר֔וּ מֵהַגַּנּ֖וֹת אֲשֶׁ֥ר בְּחַרְתֶּֽם׃

Word for word: (dm) they.will.be.ashamed from.[the] oaks which you.have.desired and you.will.be.abashed from the gardens which you.have.chosen

JPS 1917: For they shall be ashamed of the terebinths which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.

On Mova

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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