H0357 H0357
Aijalon — a Levitical city in the territory of Dan, in the valley where Joshua commanded the moon to stand still
The place name אַיָּלוֹן (Aijalon), likely derived from אַיָּל (deer/stag), designates a city in the Shephelah foothills allotted to the tribe of Dan and later assigned as a Levitical city. Its fame rests on Joshua's dramatic command: 'Moon, stand still over the valley of Aijalon' (Josh 10:12). The Amorites retained control for some time, as the Danites struggled to dispossess them (Judg 1:35). It later served as a fortified city under Rehoboam (2 Chr 11:10) and was seized by the Philistines in Ahaz's day (2 Chr 28:18). Spanish 'Ajalón' and English 'Aijalon' both transliterate the Hebrew directly.
Senses
1. Aijalon (place name) — A city in the Shephelah foothills within Dan's tribal allotment, identified with modern Yalo northwest of Jerusalem. Best known from Joshua's battlefield prayer for the moon to halt over its valley (Josh 10:12). Listed among Dan's cities (Josh 19:42), assigned to the Kohathite Levites (Josh 21:24; 1 Chr 6:69), and mentioned in the Amorite resistance narrative (Judg 1:35). Later fortified by Rehoboam (2 Chr 11:10) and lost to Philistine raids under Ahaz (2 Chr 28:18). Spanish 'Ajalón' and French 'Ayyalôn' preserve the Semitic form. 10×
AR["أَيَّالُون", "أَيَّالُونَ", "أَيَّلونَ", "أَيَّلُون", "أَيَّلُونَ", "أَيّالون", "بِ-أَيَّلونَ", "في-أَيّالونَ", "وَ-أَيَّالُونُ"]·ben["অয়ালোন", "অয়ালোন-পর্যন্ত", "অয়ালোনে", "অয়ালোনের", "অয়্যালোন", "অয়্যালোনে", "আয়ালোনের", "এবং-অয়ালোন"]·DE["Aijalon", "Ayalon", "[אילון]", "in-Aijalon", "in-Ayalon", "und-Ayyalon"]·EN["Aijalon", "Ayalon", "and-Ayyalon", "in-Aijalon", "in-Ayalon"]·FR["Aijalon", "Ayalon", "[אילון]", "dans-Aijalon", "dans-Ayalon", "et-Ayyalon"]·heb["איילון", "אילון", "אילונה", "ב-איילון", "ו-איילון"]·HI["अयालोन-की", "अय्यालोन", "अय्यालोन-को", "अय्यालोन-में", "और-अय्यालोन"]·ID["Ayalon", "dan-Ayalon", "di-Ayalon", "sampai-Ayalon", "yang"]·IT["Aijalon", "Ayalon", "[אילון]", "e-Ayyalon", "in-Aijalon", "in-Ayalon"]·jav["Ayalon", "ing-Ayalon", "lan-Ayalon"]·KO["그리고-아얌론", "아얄론", "아얄론까지", "아얄론에", "아얌론을", "아얌론의", "아얘론과", "에-아얌론에"]·PT["'Ayalon", "Ayalom", "Ayalon", "e-Ayalon", "em-'Ayalon"]·RU["Айялон", "Айялона", "Аялона", "в-Айалоне", "в-Айялоне", "до-Аялона", "и-Айялон"]·ES["Ajalón", "Ayalon", "Ayalón", "en-Ayalón", "y-Ajalón"]·SW["Aiyaloni", "huko-Aiyaloni", "katika-Aiyaloni", "na-Aiyaloni"]·TR["-de-Ayyalon", "Ayalon", "Ayalon'u", "Ayalon'un", "Ayalon-a", "Ayyalon'u", "de-Ayalon", "ve-Ayalon"]·urd["اور-ایالون", "اَیّالون", "ایالون", "ایلون", "ایلون-تک", "ایلون-کی", "ایّالون-میں"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† אַיָּלוֹן n.pr.loc. (Deer-field) Aijalon—א׳ Jos 10:12 + 8 times; אַיָּלֹ֫נָה 1 S 14:31— 1. city in Dan Jos 19:42; 21:24 (Levit. city) Ju 1:35; 1 S 14:31 doubtless same; so 1 Ch 6:54 (where Dan om.); app. later in Benj. 1 Ch 8:13 2 Ch 11:10; 28:18 (v. Be); עֵמֶק אַיָּלוֹן Jos 10:12 almost certainly named from same; = Epiph. Ἰαλω, mod. Jâlo RobBR ii. 253, Surveyiii. 19. 2. city in Zebulun Ju 12:12.