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# אִלֵּין

Biblical Aramaic

**these** — used 5 times in the Aramaic chapters of the Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

these [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b4_5dc_5b5_5bc_5d9_5df/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

אִלֵּין: demonstr.pron.pl. these [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b4_5dc_5b5_5bc_5d9_5df/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** (אִלֵּן Dn 2:44; 6:7) demonstr.pron.pl. these (pl. of דְּנָה, q.v.: Palm. אלן (Lzb264 Eph. i. 343. 345 Cooke 26); 𝔗 אילין; Mand. עלין (NöM 89 f.); Talm. (with emph. hâ prefixed, WCG 109) הָאִלֵּין: v. further sub BH אֵלֶּה, and add Egyptian Aramaic אלו Cooke 26);—these, only Dn: Dn 2:40 דִּי מְרָעַע כָּל־ אִלֵּין, v 44 כָּל־אִלֵּן מַלְכְוָתָא, 6:3 אֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנַיָּא אִלֵּין (so v 7), 7:17 אִלֵּין חֵיוָתָא.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates); Jastrow: none

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: these (5).

## In the verses

[Daniel 7:17](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.7.17/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.7.17/#tree)

אִלֵּין֙ חֵיוָתָ֣א רַבְרְבָתָ֔א דִּ֥י אִנִּ֖ין אַרְבַּ֑ע אַרְבְּעָ֥ה מַלְכִ֖ין יְקוּמ֥וּן מִן־אַרְעָֽא׃

*Word for word:* these the beasts (the) great which they \[are\].four four kings they.will.arise from the earth

*JPS 1917:* 'These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, that shall arise out of the earth.

[Daniel 6:7](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.6.7/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.6.7/#tree)

אֱ֠דַיִן סָרְכַיָּ֤א וַאֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנַיָּא֙ אִלֵּ֔ן הַרְגִּ֖שׁוּ עַל־מַלְכָּ֑א וְכֵן֙ אָמְרִ֣ין לֵ֔הּ דָּרְיָ֥וֶשׁ מַלְכָּ֖א לְעָלְמִ֥ין חֱיִֽי׃

*Word for word:* then the overseers and the satraps these they.came.as.a.crowd to the king and as.follows \[they.were\].saying to him O.Darius the king forever live!

*JPS 1917:* Then these presidents and satraps came tumultuously to the king, and said thus unto him: 'King Darius, live for ever!

## On Mova

- [This word in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5d0_5b4_5dc_5b5_5bc_5d9_5df.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b4_5dc_5b5_5bc_5d9_5df/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

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).