Aramaic word · H479
אִלֵּךְ
'ilekh
these
A Biblical Aramaic word, from the parts of the Old Testament written in Aramaic. Why Aramaic?
Appears 14 times in 13 verses of the Aramaic of the Old Testament. ·
What it means
these, those
Aramaic of el (אֵל "these" H0411)
Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).
Where it appears
Ezra · 4
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Ezra 4:21 אִלֵּ֑ךְ these
Now, therefore, issue an order for these men to stop, so that this city will not be rebuilt until I so order.
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Ezra 5:9 אִלֵּ֔ךְ these
So we questioned the elders and asked, “Who authorized you to rebuild this temple and restore this structure?”
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Ezra 6:8 אִלֵּ֔ךְ אִלֵּ֖ךְ these
I hereby decree what you must do for these elders of the Jews who are rebuilding this house of God: The cost is to be paid in full to these men from the royal treasury out of the taxes of the provinces west of the Euphrates, so that the work will not be hindered.
Daniel · 10
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Daniel 3:12 אִלֵּ֗ךְ these
But there are some Jews you have appointed to manage the province of Babylon—Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego—who have ignored you, O king, and have refused to serve your gods or worship the golden statue you have set up.”
Here: Pointing word, 'these (very) men', with an accusing finger in it.
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Daniel 3:13 אִלֵּ֔ךְ these
Then Nebuchadnezzar, furious with rage, summoned Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. So these men were brought before the king,
Here: "These." The narrator repeats the accusers' phrase "these men" (v.12), so the scene moves straight from the charge to the defendants standing in court.
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Daniel 3:21 אִלֵּ֗ךְ these
So they were tied up, wearing robes, trousers, turbans, and other clothes, and they were thrown into the blazing fiery furnace.
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Daniel 3:22 אִלֵּ֗ךְ these
The king’s command was so urgent and the furnace so hot that the fiery flames killed the men who carried up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.
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Daniel 3:23 אִלֵּךְ֙ these
And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, firmly bound, fell into the blazing fiery furnace.
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Daniel 3:27 אִלֵּ֡ךְ these
and when the satraps, prefects, governors, and royal advisers had gathered around, they saw that the fire had no effect on the bodies of these men. Not a hair of their heads was singed, their robes were unaffected, and there was no smell of fire on them.
Here: A demonstrative pointing to the three Judeans. It completes the phrase "these men", which runs through the chapter (3:12, 13, 21, 22, 23, 27).
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Daniel 6:5 אִלֵּךְ֙ these
Finally these men said, “We will never find any charge against this Daniel unless we find something against him concerning the law of his God.”
Here: A pointing word: “these men,” the ones just described. It picks out the group the story will follow to their end.
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Daniel 6:11 אִלֵּךְ֙ these
Then these men went as a group and found Daniel petitioning and imploring his God.
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Daniel 6:15 אִלֵּ֔ךְ these
Then the men approached the king together and said to him, “Remember, O king, that by the law of the Medes and Persians no decree or ordinance established by the king can be changed.”
Here: "These." It points back to the same plotters who have already come before the king twice (vv. 6 and 11). The same group is back a third time.
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Daniel 6:24 אִלֵּךְ֙ these
At the command of the king, the men who had falsely accused Daniel were brought and thrown into the den of lions—they and their children and wives. And before they had reached the bottom of the den, the lions overpowered them and crushed all their bones.
Here: Points back to the conspirators of vv. 4–15 ('those men'). The same phrase 'these men' was what they used of themselves when they gathered against Daniel (vv. 5, 11, 15).
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