אִילָן

«אִילָן» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: tree — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 6 times · Key: lemma:אִילָן · BDB: אִילָן

Glosses

the (5); a.tree (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

tree tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. tree tree →

The whole BDB entry

(D 138) n.m. Dn 4:7 tree (𝔗 אִילָן, Syriac ܐܻܝܠܳܢ; cf.BH אֵלָה, אֵלוֹן, p. 18);—abs. א׳ Dn 4:7; emph. -נָא v 8, 11, 17, 20, 23.

Jastrow 1903

אִילָּן: oak tree. tree →

The whole Jastrow entry

(cmp. b. h. אֵלוֹן oak, v. אֵלָה) tree. Shebi. I, 1, a. e. שדה הא׳ a field containing at least three trees within a distance of a S’ah (v. סְאָה). Ib. 3 א׳ סרק bearing no edible fruit, opp. א׳ מאכל.—Pes. 112ᵃ (prov.) אם בקשת וכ׳ if you desire to be strangled, be hanged on a large tree, (if you must refer to an authority, select a good one).—Pl. אִילָּנוֹת, const. אִילָּנֵי. Shebi. I, 2. Gen. R. s. 16; a. fr.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates); Jastrow: headword without dagesh, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (14 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «אִילָן» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Daniel 4:7

וְחֶזְוֵ֥י רֵאשִׁ֖י עַֽל־מִשְׁכְּבִ֑י חָזֵ֣ה הֲוֵ֔ית וַאֲל֥וּ אִילָ֛ן בְּג֥וֹא אַרְעָ֖א וְרוּמֵ֥הּ שַׂגִּֽיא׃

Word for word: and the.visions of my.head on bed my seeing I.was and lo! a.tree in the.midst of the.land and height its [was].great

JPS 1917: Thus were the visions of my head upon my bed: I saw, and behold a tree in the midst of the earth, and the height thereof was great.

Daniel 4:8

רְבָ֥ה אִֽילָנָ֖א וּתְקִ֑ף וְרוּמֵהּ֙ יִמְטֵ֣א לִשְׁמַיָּ֔א וַחֲזוֹתֵ֖הּ לְס֥וֹף כָּל־אַרְעָֽא׃

Word for word: it.grew.great the tree and it.grew.strong and height its it.reached to the heavens and the.sight of.it [was].to the.end of.all the land

JPS 1917: The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached unto heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth.

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