אֵילַ֔ת

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אֵילַ֔ת

   e-LAT

   to Elath
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 בָּ֣אוּ אֵילַ֔ת

   ba-U e-LAT

   came to Elath
3. clause🔊 ואֲרָמִים וַֽאֲדוֹמִים֙ בָּ֣אוּ אֵילַ֔ת וַיֵּ֣שְׁבוּ שָׁ֔ם עַ֖ד הַיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה׃

   ve-a-ra-MIM va-a-do-MIM ba-U e-LAT va-ye-she-VU SHAM AD ha-YOM ha-ZE

   and Arameans and Edomites came to Elath and they dwelt there until the day this
4. sentence🔊 בָּעֵ֣ת הַהִ֗יא הֵ֠שִׁיב רְצִ֨ין מֶֽלֶךְ־אֲרָ֤ם אֶת־אֵילַת֙ לַֽאֲרָ֔ם וַיְנַשֵּׁ֥ל אֶת־הַיְהוּדִ֖ים מֵֽאֵיל֑וֹת ואֲרָמִים וַֽאֲדוֹמִים֙ בָּ֣אוּ אֵילַ֔ת וַיֵּ֣שְׁבוּ שָׁ֔ם עַ֖ד הַיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה׃

   ba-ET ha-HI he-SHIV re-TSIN ME-lekh-a-RAM et-E-laT la-a-RAM va-ye-na-SHEL et-ha-ye-hu-DIM me-e-LOT ve-a-ra-MIM va-a-do-MIM ba-U e-LAT va-ye-she-VU SHAM AD ha-YOM ha-ZE

   at the time that he brought back or restored Rezin king of Aram {direct object marker} Elath to Aram or for Aram and he drove out or expelled {direct object marker} the Judeans from Eloth and Arameans and Edomites came to Elath and they dwelt there until the day this

Exegesis

The Hiphil verb heshiv {הֵ֠שִׁיב | hē-šîḇ} “restored” governs a direct-object clause (et + Eilat {אֵילַת֙ | ʾê-lāṯ}) followed by its goal la-aram {לַֽאֲרָ֔ם | la-ʾă-rām}, reflecting Hebrew object–goal order for emphasis on the returned city.

The coordinated nouns we-aramim wa-edomim {וְאֲרָמִים וַאֲדוֹמִים֙ | wə-ʾărāmîm wa-ʾă-ḏō-mîm} in vav-consecutive perfect describe successive occupation, and baʾu vayeshevu {בָּ֣אוּ אֵילַ֔ת וַיֵּ֣שְׁבוּ | bā-ʾû ʾê-lāṯ way-ya-šə-ḇû} “they came to Eilat and dwelt” establishes settled residency.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 א־י־לʾyl

“terebinth, oak”

• 🔊 אֵילוֹתʾê-lōṯgroves1 Kings 9:26