אילן

Hebrew

Root
א־ו־ל (ʾ-w-l)

Etymology

Borrowed from Aramaic אִילָנָא / ܐܺܝܠܳܢܳܐ (ʾīlānā, “tree”). Doublet of אֵלֹון (elōn, “great tree”) and אַלּוֹן (allōn, “great tree; oak”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

אִילָן • (ilán) m (plural indefinite אִילָנוֹת, singular construct אִילַן־, plural construct אִילָנֵי־)

1. tree (plant)

Synonyms

• עֵץ (etz)

Derived terms

• אילן יוחסין / אִילַן יֻחֲסִין (ilán yukhasín)

Proper noun

אִילָן • (ilán) m

1. a male given name, Ilan

References

• H363 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• “אילן” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

• אילן on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he