אלה

Aramaic

Noun

אֱלָהּ • (ʾĕlāh)

  1. indefinite of אֱלָהָא‎

Hebrew

Pronunciation

Determiner

אֵלֶּה • (éle)

  1. masculine/feminine plural of זה‎ (ze)
    • Genesis 36:1, with translation of the King James Version:
      ‏וְאֵלֶּה תֹּלְדוֹת עֵשָׂו הוּא אֱדוֹם׃‎‎
      v'éle toldót esáv hu edóm.
      Now these are the generations of Esau, who is Edom.

References

Etymology 2
Root
א־ל‎ (ʾ-l)

From אל‎ (el, “god”) + ־ה‎ (á, “-ess”).

Noun

אֵלָה • (elá) f (masculine counterpart אֵל‎)

  1. A goddess.

Further reading

Etymology 3
Root
א־ל־ל‎ (ʾ-l-l)

Compare אֵלֹון‎ (elōn, “great tree”), אַלּוֹן‎ (allōn, “great tree; oak”), and the plurale tantum אֵילִים‎ (ēlīm, “mighty tree”).

Noun

אֵלָה • (elá) f

  1. A tree of the genus Pistacia.
Derived terms

References

Further reading

Etymology 4
Root
א־ל־ל‎ (ʾ-l-l)

Noun

אַלָּה • (alá) f

  1. A club for beating.
  • “אלה” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

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