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ʾayyālōn אַיָּלוֹן ‘Aijalon’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from ʾayyāl אַיָּל ‘deer’
Roots: איל

ʾayyālōn pr n loc
Ajalon or Aijalon = "field of deer"
1) 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
2) a city of Zebulun, site unknown

Mentioned in Joshua 10:12, 19:42, 21:24 Judges 1:35, 12:12 1 Samuel 14:31 1 Chronicles 8:13, 6:54 2 Chronicles 11:10, 28:18

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