אַלּוֹן בָּכוּת

I. אֵלוֺן noun [feminine] terebinth (= אֵלָה) — ׳א construct Gen 12:6 + 4 t.; plural construct אֵלוֺנֵי Gen 13:18 + 3 t. — terebinth (or other tall tree, compare below on 1Sam 10:3; Judg 4:5), marking shrine, & hence used in topographic designations; מוֺרֶה ׳א (teacher's terebinth) Gen 12:6 (see Di) so Deut 11:30 מְעוֺנְנִים ׳א (eonjurors' tereb.) Judg 9:37 distinguished by owner or ruler מַמְרֵא ׳א Gen 13:18; Gen 14:13; Gen 18:1 by neighbouring town (ב)צענים Judg 4:11 compare בְּצַעֲנַנִּים ׳א Josh 19:33 (editions אַלּוֺן, but see Norzi Baer Di.); מֻצָּב אֲשֶׁר בִּשְׁכֶם ׳אֵ Judg 9:6 (compare אֵלָה Gen 35:4); תָּבוֺר ׳א 1Sam 10:3 read דְּבוֺרָה ׳א (& compare אַלּוֺן בָּכוּת Gen 35:8, & תֹּמֶר דְּבוֺרָה Judg 4:5) compare Ew^{Geschichte iii. 31} Th Di Gen 35:8 (see also below אַלּוֺן).

אַלּוֺן noun masculine^{Gen 35:8} oak (ᵐ5 βάλανος, δρῦς, etc.) — ׳א absolute Gen 35:8 +; construct ib.; plural אַלּוֺנִים Amos 2:9; Ezek 27:6 construct אַלּוֺנֵי Isa 2:13; Zech 11:12 — as marking grave of Deborah, Rebekah's nurse Gen 35:8 (E); whence called oak of weeping, בָּכוּת ׳א ib. (see Di on the passage, & below אֵלוֺן p. 18); elsewhere only in prophets; as marking illicit shrines Hos 4:13 (|| לִבְנֶה, אֵלָה); as felled Isa 6:13 (in simile; || אֵלָה); as furnishing material for making idols Isa 44:14 (|| אֶרֶז, תִּרְזָה, אֹרֶן); as simile for strength (חסן) Amos 2:9 also אַלּוֺנֵי הַבָּשָׁן Isa 2:13 (as lofty & majestic), compare Ezek 27:6 (as strong, for making oars); Zech 11:2, metaphor of prominent men.

בָּכוּת noun feminine weeping. Only in אַלּוֺן בָּכוּת Gen 35:8 i.e. mourning oak, compare אלון, p. 47.