The meaning of “אַיָּלוֹן”
Understanding ʼAyâlôwn reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
Aijalon, Ajalon. - § Ajalon or Aijalon = "field of deer" - Ajalon, the name of five places in Palestine 1) Levitical cit...
אַיָּלוֹן
Aijalon, Ajalon. - § Ajalon or Aijalon = "field of deer" - Ajalon, the name of five places in Palestine 1) Levitical city in Dan, 14 miles or 25 km NW of Jerusalem, later ruled by the Amorites, then the Benjamites of Judah, then by the Philistines 2) a city of Zebulun, site unknown
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Joshua 19:42 | “And Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, and Jethlah,” Word: אַיָּלוֹן (ʼAyâlôwn) | |
| Judges 12:12 | “And Elon the Zebulonite died, and was buried in Aijalon in the country of Zebulun.” Word: אַיָּלוֹן (ʼAyâlôwn) | |
| 1 Samuel 14:31 | “And they smote the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon: and the people were very faint.” Word: אַיָּלוֹן (ʼAyâlôwn) | |
| 1 Chronicles 8:13 | “Beriah also, and Shema, who were heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who drove away the inhabitants of Gath:” Word: אַיָּלוֹן (ʼAyâlôwn) | |
| 2 Chronicles 28:18 | “The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the low country, and of the south of Judah, and had taken Beth–shemesh, and Ajalon, and Gederoth, and Shocho with the villages thereof, and Timnah with the villages thereof, Gimzo also and the villages thereof: and they dwelt there.” Word: אַיָּלוֹן (ʼAyâlôwn) |