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# אֵל

Biblical Aramaic

**these** — used 1 times in the Aramaic chapters of the Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 1 verse 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_5b5_5dc/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

אֵל: demonstr.pron.pl. these [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b5_5dc/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** demonstr.pron.pl. these (v. אֵלֶּה infr.), Ezr 5:15 Qr (Kt אֵלֶּה).

### Jastrow 1903

אֵל: God El [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b5_5dc/#m3)

**The whole Jastrow entry:** v. אלל) God. Shebu. 35ᵃ divine names which dare not be erased are El &c. Taan. 6ᵇ bot.; a. fr.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (25 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: these (1).

## In the verses

[Ezra 5:15](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.5.15/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.5.15/#tree)

וַאֲמַר־לֵ֓הּ ׀ אֵ֚ל מָֽאנַיָּ֔א שֵׂ֚א אֵֽזֶל־אֲחֵ֣ת הִמּ֔וֹ בְּהֵיכְלָ֖א דִּ֣י בִירוּשְׁלֶ֑ם וּבֵ֥ית אֱלָהָ֖א יִתְבְּנֵ֥א עַל־אַתְרֵֽהּ׃ס

*Word for word:* and he.said to him these the vessels take! go! deposit! them in the temple which \[is\].in Jerusalem and the.house of.(the) God let.it.be.built on place its

*JPS 1917:* and he said unto him: Take these vessels, go, put them in the temple that is in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be builded in its place.

## In Targum Onkelos

Number 161 of the commonest words of Targum Onkelos, the Aramaic translation of the Torah: used 37 times there, in the forms אֵל (32); וְאֵל (2); בְּאֵל (1); לְאֵל (1); לָאֵל (1).

[Numbers 3:24](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.3.24/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.3.24/#tree) · Onkelos, then the Hebrew

וְרַב בֵּית אַבָּא לְבֵית גֵרְשׁוֹן אֶלְיָסָף בַּר לָאֵל

וּנְשִׂ֥יא בֵֽית־אָ֖ב לַגֵּרְשֻׁנִּ֑י אֶלְיָסָ֖ף בֶּן־לָאֵֽל׃

*Word for word:* and.\[the\] leader of.\[the\].house of.a.father of the Gershonite\[s\] \[was\].Eliasaph the.son of.Lael

*JPS 1917:* the prince of the fathers' house of the Gershonites being Eliasaph the son of Lael,

[Genesis 14:19](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.14.19/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.14.19/#tree) · Onkelos, then the Hebrew

וּבָרְכֵיהּ וַאֲמָר בְּרִיךְ אַבְרָם לְאֵל עִלָאָה דְקִנְיָנֵהּ שְׁמַיָא וְאַרְעָא

וַֽיְבָרְכֵ֖הוּ וַיֹּאמַ֑ר בָּר֤וּךְ אַבְרָם֙ לְאֵ֣ל עֶלְי֔וֹן קֹנֵ֖ה שָׁמַ֥יִם וָאָֽרֶץ׃

*Word for word:* and he blessed.him and he.said \[be\].blessed Abram by God Most.High \[the\].creator of.heaven and earth

*JPS 1917:* And he blessed him, and said: 'Blessed be Abram of God Most High, Maker of heaven and earth;

## On Mova

- [This word in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5d0_5b5_5dc.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b5_5dc/): 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).