עִלָּה (ʿillâ) is
an Aramaic noun
meaning matter. It appears
3 times
in 1 book of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H5931).
Also rendered
pretext
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2910)
Range of meaning (TWOT 2910)matter, affair, occasion; pretext
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
עִלָּהnoun, feminine: matter, affair, occasion
Strong's H5931עִלָּה: a pretext (as arising artificially) KJV:occasion.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.