אלון

• אֵלוֹן (elon)

Cognate with Akkadian 𒀠𒆷𒀭 (ʾallānu, alyānu, “oak; acorn”), Aramaic אִילָנָא‎ (ʾīlānā, “tree”), Classical Syriac ܐܺܝܠܳܢܳܐ‎ (ʾīlānā, “tree”). Doublet of אִילָן‎ (ʾīlān, “tree”) which is borrowed from Aramaic. Borrowed into Semitic from Sumerian 𒄑𒀠𒆷𒈝 (allanum, “oak; acorn, acorn-shaped”). Compare also אֵלָה‎ (ʾelā, “terebinth”) and the plurale tantum אֵילִים‎ (ēlīm, “mighty tree”).

אַלּוֹן • (alon) m (plural indefinite אַלּוֹנִים‎, plural construct אַלּוֹנֵי־‎)

1. oak
   • 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.

   • 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.

   • 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.

אַלּוֹן • (alon) m

1. a male given name, Alon or Elon

• H436 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• H367 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• “אלון” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

• אלון‎ on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he