Lexicon
אַיָּלוֹן
ay.ya.lon
H0357
N:N--L Hebrew

Aijalon

10
Occurrences
5
Books
Hebrew
Language

ay.ya.lon is a proper place name used for a valley and for locations in territorial, settlement, and conflict narratives.

The term is consistently used as a proper place name. The cited verses locate it as a valley, list it among cities or settlements, and use it to mark locations in accounts of travel, burial, construction, and conflict.

Senses in use

  1. Proper name for a named location · dominant

    The supplied morphology identifies the form as a proper noun. In Joshua 10:12 the APB renders the clause "moon over the valley of Aijalon," while Joshua 21:24 lists it with a pasture; 1 Samuel 14:31 marks the extent of a strike "from Michmash to Aijalon." It also appears in settlement and conflict settings: 2 Chronicles 11:10 names it among fortress cities, and Judges 12:12 places a burial in Aijalon.

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across most supplied verses, the APB presents the name as "Aijalon" in geographic lists and narrative locations. In the supplied wording of 1 Chronicles 6:54, however, no corresponding place name is displayed.

Passages featuring this word

Across Scripture