עִלָּה
ila · pretext, ground
Aramaic word · Strong’s number H5931 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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ila (עִלָּה) is an Aramaic word of the Bible that means “pretext, ground”.
For an accusation (Aramaic).
How to say it
i·la
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- A ground for accusing someone.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Daniel 6:4
Then the supervisors and the satraps were seeking to find a pretext against Daniel in regard to the kingdom; but they could find no pretext or fault, because he was faithful, and no negligence or fault was found in him.
- Daniel 6:5
Then these men said, “We will not find against this Daniel any pretext unless we find it against him in the law of his Elah.”
And 1 more times.