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•[אָלַח S 444 TWOT 98 GK 480 ] vb. only Niph. be corrupt morally; tainted ( Che ψ 14:3 ) ( cf. Arabic أَلَخَ ( ˒alaḫa ) VIII. be confused (of a thing), of milk, turn sour ) Pf. 3 pl. נֶאֱלָחוּ ψ 14:3 ; 53:4 ; Pt. נֶאֱלָח a corrupt man Jb 15:1 6.

אֻלַי Gn 24:39 v. אוּלַי .

אֱלִישָׁה S 473 GK 511 n.pr.loc. as son of Javan Gn 10:4 1 Ch 1: 7; אִיֵּי א׳ Ez 27:7 ( Aeolis Josephus Jer K n; H. Derenbourg Mélanges Graux, 235 f ( Eng. trans. Hbr Oct. 1887, 7) ; Hellas å Jon etc., Len Orig. ii. 2. 34 f ; Italy , with Sicily , cf. מְדִינַת אִיטַלְיָא å Ezek, Di Gn 10: 4; Carthage = Elissa, Sta De Populo Javan, 8 f ; E. Meyer Gesch. i. § 282 ; decision difficult; last view very attractive ) .

I. [

אלל TWOT 100, 99 ] ( to be weak or insufficient , assumed in Thes as root of

אֱלִיל ) (as also of אַל ): cf. Arabic أَلَا ( ˒alā ) to fail in a thing ) .

II. אֱלוּל S 434, 435 TWOT 97, 99a GK 469, 470 Je 14:14 K t, i.q. אֱלִיל , q.v.

אֱלִיל S 457 TWOT 99a GK 496 n.m. ( etym. uncertain: most prob. akin to Syriac

ܐܰܠܻܝܠ ( ˒alil ) weak, feeble, poor; perhaps also in usage [ cf. b. ] felt to suggest אַל not; cf. Che on Is 2:8 ) insufficiency, worthlessness . a. Zc 11:17 רֹעִי הָאֱלִיל the shepherd of worthlessness = the worthless shepherd, Jb 13:4 רֹפְאֵי אֱלִל worthless physicians ( || טֹפְלֵי־שֶׁקֶר ), Je 14:14 Qr concr. a thing of nought (uttered by prophets), but here קֶסֶם אֱלִיל a worthless divin. ( || חֲזֹון שֶׁקֶר , תַּרְמִית לִבָּם ) should perhaps be read ( cf. G f). b. especially pl.

אֱלִילִים concr. worthless gods, idols ( cf. הֲבָלִים ) ( possibly orig. an indep. word = gods , cf. Sab. אלאלת , & v. Nö SBAk 1882, p. 1191 , but even if so, associated by

Kn A. Knobel. Eng. trans. English Translation. Hbr Hebraica.

Len F. Lenormant. Sta B. Stade. Gesch. Geschichte.
i.q. id quod, i. e. the same with. concr. concrete.

Gf K. H. Graf.


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