- אָלַל
- אָלַל(sec. r. of אוּל, v. אֲוַל; cmp. עלל) 1) to circle. Pi. אִילֵּל to go around; to espy, track. Cant. R. beg. (play on תּוּר a. תֹּורָה) אחרד״ת אִילַּלְתָּ thou didst search after the words of the Law. Pesik. R. s. 47 ḥafar (Job 39:29) לשון מְאַלֵּל has the meaning of espying (ed. incorr. יליל, v. ed. Friedm. p. 190b>).( 2) to point out; 3) to tie around; to be strong; v. אֵל, אלי I, אֵלָה, אִילָּן , a. אלם.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.