e.zel is a proper name used for the stone beside which a person is told to stay.

The attested use names a particular stone that marks the place beside which someone is instructed to remain in 1 Samuel 20:19.

1. Name of a designated stone · dominant

   The form אָֽזֶל is marked as a proper noun in 1 Samuel 20:19, where the instruction identifies a place to stay beside a named stone. In 1 Samuel 20:19 the APB renders the clause “stay beside the stone Ezel.”

   1 Samuel 20:19

In the Anselm Project Bible: In 1 Samuel 20:19, the APB presents the name in the phrase “the stone Ezel.” The verse is read as a whole, but the clause confirms its use as the stone's name.