איל

• Syriac: ܐܝܠ‎

From Proto-Semitic *ʾil-.

• IPA^(key): /ʔil/

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?”

• אלהא‎

From Proto-Semitic *ʔayyal-.

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

1. a ram, male sheep
   • Leviticus 8:22, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     ‏וַיַּקְרֵב אֶת־הָאַיִל הַשֵּׁנִי אֵיל הַמִּלֻּאִים וַיִּסְמְכוּ אַהֲרֹן וּבָנָיו אֶת־יְדֵיהֶם עַל־רֹאשׁ הָאָיִל׃‎‎

     va-yaqrév et ha-áyil ha-shení éyl ha-milluím va-yismkhú aharón u-vanáv et y'deihém 'al rosh ha-áyil.

     And the other ram was presented, the ram of consecration, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram.

• רָחֵל‎ (raḥél)

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

אֱיָל • (eyál) m

1. defective spelling of אייל‎

Borrowed from Aramaic אילא‎ (ʾīyālā).

• אֱיָלוּת‎ (ĕyālūṯ)

אֱיָל • (ĕyāl) f

1. aid; strength

• “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

• אל‎ (el)

From Old Spanish el.

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