H0357

אַיָּלוֹן

ay.ya.lonN:N--L

Aijalon

§ Ajalon or Aijalon = "field of deer" 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

The KJV translates H0357 in the following manner:

Aijalon (14x), Ajalon (6x)

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

אַיָּלוֺן proper name, of a location (Deer-field) Aijalon — ׳א Josh 10:12 + 8 t.; אַיָּ֫לֹנָה 1Sam 14:31 —

1. city in Dan Josh 19:42; Josh 21:24 (Levitical city) Judg 1:35; 1Sam 14:31 doubtless same; so 1Chr 6:54 (where Dan omitted); apparently later in Benjamin 1Chr 8:13; 1Chr 2:10; 1Chr 28:18 (see Be); עֵמֶק אַיָּלוֺן Josh 10:12 almost certainly named from same; = Epiph. Ἰαλω modern Jâlo RobBR ii. 253, Surveyiii. 19.
2. city in Zebulun Judg 12:12.


8 occurrences

Joshua (2), Judges (2), I Samuel (1), I Chronicles (1), II Chronicles (2)