איל

Aramaic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʾil-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔil/

Proper noun

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?”

See also

Hebrew

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *ʔayyal-.

Pronunciation

Noun

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

  1. (zoology, agriculture) ram (a male sheep, typically uncastrated)
    • Tanach, 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.
Declension
Declension of אַיִל
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
Number: State: form Person: singular plural
m f m f
singular indefinite אַיִל first אֵילִי אֵילֵנוּ
definite הָאַיִל second אֵילְךָ אֵילֵךְ אֵילְכֶם אֵילְכֶן
construct אֵיל־ third אֵילוֹ אֵילָהּ אֵילָם אֵילָן
plural indefinite אֵילִים first איליי / אֵילַי אֵילֵינוּ
definite הָאֵילִים second אֵילֶיךָ אילייך / אֵילַיִךְ אֵילֵיכֶם אֵילֵיכֶן
construct אֵילֵי־ third אֵילָיו אֵילֶיהָ אֵילֵיהֶם אֵילֵיהֶן
Antonyms

Etymology 2

See etymology at the plene spelling.

Noun

אַיָּל • (ayálm

  1. defective spelling of אייל

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Aramaic אילא (ʾīyālā).

Alternative forms

  • אֱיָלוּת (ĕyālūṯ, eyalút)

Noun

אֱיָל • (eyalf

  1. defective spelling of אייל

References

  • ˀyl4”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • H352 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
  • "איל" in the Noun Declension Tables of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Ladino

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Spanish el.

Article

איל • (elm sg (f sg לה, m pl לוס, f pl לאס, Latin spelling el)

  1. the (definite article)
    פור איל נורטה
    por el norte
    to the north
    • 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