אֱלִיל (ʾĕlîl) is a Hebrew noun meaning insufficiency. It appears 20 times in 9 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H457).

Also rendered

• idol

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 99a)

Root family 99: אלל ʾll — I. Assumed root of the following

• אֱלוּל ʾĕlûl — good for nothing

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