איל

Aramaic

Alternative forms

• Syriac: ܐܝܠ

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

• אלהא

Hebrew

Etymology 1

From Proto-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 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.

Antonyms

• רָחֵל (rakhél)

Etymology 2

See etymology at excessive spelling.

Noun

אַיָּל • (ayál) m

1. defective spelling of אייל

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Aramaic אילא (ʾīyālā).

Alternative forms

• אֱיָלוּת (ĕyālūṯ, eyalút)

Noun

אֱיָל • (eyal) f

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

Ladino

Alternative forms

• אל (el)

Etymology

From Old Spanish el.

Article

איל • (el) m 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