Aishel

Aishel (or Eshel), is a Hebrew word found in Genesis 21:33. The full passage says, "He [Abraham] planted an aishel in Beer-Sheba, and there he proclaimed the name of God of the Universe."

There are various Talmudic interpretations of the word aishel, but all agree that Abraham's intention was to provide hospitality. Rav understands it to mean an orchard to provide food for wayfarers. Shmuel interprets it as an inn, since the Hebrew letters aishel (aleph, shin, lamed) is an acronym for Achila ("feeding"), Shtiya ("drinking"), and Linah ("lodging").^[1]

There are also Christian interpretations, who typically translate the word into English as "grove".^[2]^[3]

References

^ Ḥamishah Ḥumshe Torah: Chumash : with Rashi's Commentary, Targum Onkelos, Haftaros and Commentary Anthologized from Classic Rabbinic Texts and the Works of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Volume 1. 2003. pp. 128–129. ISBN 9780972501002. Retrieved August 29, 2025.
^ A Cyclopaedia of Biblical Literature: Aar-Hys. Mark H. Newman. 1846. p. 656. Retrieved August 29, 2025.
^ Pick, Aaron (1845). The Bible Student Concordance: By which English Reader May be Enabled Readily to Ascertain the Literal Meaning of Any Word in the Sacred Original. p. 501. Retrieved August 29, 2025.

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[1] Ḥamishah Ḥumshe Torah: Chumash : with Rashi's Commentary, Targum Onkelos, Haftaros and Commentary Anthologized from Classic Rabbinic Texts and the Works of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Volume 1. 2003. pp. 128–129. ISBN 9780972501002. Retrieved August 29, 2025.

[2] A Cyclopaedia of Biblical Literature: Aar-Hys. Mark H. Newman. 1846. p. 656. Retrieved August 29, 2025.

[3] Pick, Aaron (1845). The Bible Student Concordance: By which English Reader May be Enabled Readily to Ascertain the Literal Meaning of Any Word in the Sacred Original. p. 501. Retrieved August 29, 2025.

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