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title: אֵילַת — Elath · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֵילַת (359), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: Elath. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֵילַת

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«אֵילַת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Elath** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 5 times · **Key:** 359 · **BDB:** אֵילַת

### Glosses

Elath (5)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Elath [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/359/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/359/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. (lofty tree(s coll.?) i.e. palms? cf. Di Gn 14:6) town \& harbour, N.E. arm of Red Sea, hence called Ælanitic Gulf (= Gulf of Akaba, from neighbouring fortress) Dt 2:8; 2 K 14:22; 16:6(×2) (perhaps later designat. for fuller איל פארן q.v.) = 𝔊 Αἰλων, Αἰλαθ, Gr. Αἰλανα, etc.; = אֵלָה (? Gn 36:41 v. Di), אֵילוֹת infr.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֵילַת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/359/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Kings 14:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.14.22/)

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ה֚וּא בָּנָ֣ה אֶת־אֵילַ֔ת וַיְשִׁבֶ֖הָ לִֽיהוּדָ֑ה אַחֲרֵ֥י שְׁכַֽב־הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ עִם־אֲבֹתָֽיו׃פ

*Word for word:* he he.built (et) Elath and bring back restored.it to Judah after lay.down the king with ancestors his

*JPS 1917:* He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.

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[Deuteronomy 2:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.2.8/)

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וַֽנַּעֲבֹ֞ר מֵאֵ֧ת אַחֵ֣ינוּ בְנֵי־עֵשָׂ֗ו הַיֹּֽשְׁבִים֙ בְּשֵׂעִ֔יר מִדֶּ֙רֶךְ֙ הָֽעֲרָבָ֔ה מֵאֵילַ֖ת וּמֵעֶצְיֹ֣נ גָּ֑בֶר עֶצְיֹ֣נ גָּ֑בֶרס וַנֵּ֙פֶן֙ וַֽנַּעֲבֹ֔ר דֶּ֖רֶךְ מִדְבַּ֥ר מוֹאָֽב׃

*Word for word:* and we.passed.away from with relatives our the.descendants of.Esau \[who were\].dwelling in Seir from the.way of the.desert.plain from Elath and from Ezion Geber and we.turned and we.passed.along the.way of.the.wilderness of.Moab

*JPS 1917:* So we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, that dwell in Seir, from the way of the Arabah, from Elath and from Ezion-geber. And we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.

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