[Avodah] Eilah and Elu

[Toby Katz]

What is the difference between "eileh" (aleph-lamed-hei) and "eilu" (aleph-lamed-vov)?  Both mean "these."  My husband wants to know.  I don't believe there is any difference in meaning, but he thinks there must be.  I think the difference might just be stylistic (like the difference between "lahem" and "lamo" which both mean "to them" except "lamo" is poetic).  Or perhaps there is some grammatical or dikduk difference, like the beged kefes letters that get a dagesh or don't get a dagesh, depending on what is else is around them.  There is also another word that means "these" -- the word "halalu."  What determines which "these" is used when?

--Toby Katzt613k at aol.com
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