איל

Aramaic

Alternative forms

• Syriac:ܐܝܠ

Etymology

FromProto-Semitic*ʾil-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ʔil/

Proper noun

איל•(transliteration needed)

1. God,the single god ofmonotheism.
   • Peshitta,Matthew 27:46

     ולאפי תשע שעין קעא ישוע בקלא רמא ואמראילאיללמנא שבקתני܀

     walpay tšaʿ šāʿīn qʿa yešuʿ bqālā rāmā wemar:īlīllmānā švaqtāni.

     (Murdock)Matthew 27:46And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice and said: "O God, O God; why hast thou forsaken me?”

See also

• אלהא

Hebrew

Etymology 1

FromProto-Semitic*ʔayyal-.

Pronunciation

• (Biblical Hebrew)IPA^(key):/ʔajl/
• (Tiberian Hebrew)IPA^(key):/ˈʔa.jil/,[ˈʔaː.jil]
• (Yemenite Hebrew)IPA^(key):/ˈʔa.jil/,[ˈʔæː.jil]
• (Persian Hebrew)IPA^(key):/ˈ(ʔ)æ.jil/
• (Ashkenazi Hebrew)IPA^(key):/ˈa.jil/
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew)IPA^(key):/ˈ(ʔ)a.jil/

Noun

אַיִל•(áyil)m(plural indefiniteאֵילִים,singular constructאֵיל־)[pattern:קֶטֶל]

1. (zoology,agriculture)ram(amalesheep,typicallyuncastrated)
   • Tanach,Leviticus8:22,with translation of theJewish Publication Society:

     וַיַּקְרֵב אֶת־הָאַיִלהַשֵּׁנִיאֵילהַמִּלֻּאִים וַיִּסְמְכוּ אַהֲרֹן וּבָנָיו אֶת־יְדֵיהֶם עַל־רֹאשׁ הָאָיִל׃

     va-yaqrév et ha-áyilha-sheníéylha-milluím va-yismkhú aharón u-vanáv et y'deihém 'al rosh ha-áyil.

     And the otherramwas presented,the ram ofconsecration, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of theram.

Antonyms

• רָחֵל(rakhél)

Etymology 2

See etymology at excessive spelling.

Noun

אַיָּל•(ayál)m

1. defective spellingofאייל

Etymology 3

Borrowed fromAramaicאילא(ʾīyālā).

Alternative forms

• אֱיָלוּת(ĕyālūṯ, eyalút)

Noun

אֱיָל•(eyal)f

1. defective spellingofאייל

References

• “ˀyl⁴”,inThe Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project,Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College,1986–
• H352inStrong, 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,page23

Ladino

Alternative forms

• אל(el)

Etymology

FromOld Spanishel.

Article

איל•(el)msg(fsgלה,mplלוס,fplלאס,Latin spellingel)

1. the(definite article)

   פוראילנורטה

   porelnorte

   tothenorth

   • 1910,Ben Yitzhak Saserdoti,Refael i Miriam,page 3:

     מילייארדאס די איסטרילייאס רילומבראבֿאן איינדה איןאילפירמאמינטו

     Milyardas de estrelyas relumbravan ainda enelfirmamento

     Billions of stars were still shining inthefirmament