עִלָּהʻillâh
matter, affair, occasion (Daniel 6:5; Daniel 6:6)
Pronunciation: il-law' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5931
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 3 times in the Bible.
- Daniel 6:4 Then the other administrators and high officers began searching for some fault in the way Daniel was handling government affairs, but they couldn’t find anything to criticize or condemn. He was faithful, always responsible, and completely trustworthy.
- Daniel 6:5 So they concluded, “Our only chance of finding grounds for accusing Daniel will be in connection with the rules of his religion.”
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).