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title: אֶלְדָּעָה — Eldaah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֶלְדָּעָה (420), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Eldaah. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֶלְדָּעָה

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«אֶלְדָּעָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Eldaah** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 420 · **BDB:** אֶלְדָּעָה

### Glosses

Eldaah (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Eldaah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/420/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/420/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (God has called? cf. دعا Arabic) son of Midian Gn 25:4 1 Ch 1:33.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֶלְדָּעָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/420/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 25:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.25.4/)

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וּבְנֵ֣י מִדְיָ֗ן עֵיפָ֤ה וָעֵ֙פֶר֙ וַחֲנֹ֔ךְ וַאֲבִידָ֖ע וְאֶלְדָּעָ֑ה כָּל־אֵ֖לֶּה בְּנֵ֥י קְטוּרָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and the.sons of.Midian \[were\].Ephah and Epher and Hanoch and Abida and Eldaah all these \[were\].the.sons of.Keturah

*JPS 1917:* And the sons of Midian: Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah.

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[1 Chronicles 1:33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.1.33/)

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וּבְנֵ֣י מִדְיָ֗ן עֵיפָ֤ה וָעֵ֙פֶר֙ וַחֲנ֔וֹךְ וַאֲבִידָ֖ע וְאֶלְדָּעָ֑ה כָּל־אֵ֖לֶּה בְּנֵ֥י קְטוּרָֽה׃ס

*Word for word:* and the.sons of.Midian \[were\].Ephah and Epher and Hanoch and Abida and Eldaah all these \[were\].the.sons of.Keturah

*JPS 1917:* And the sons of Midian: Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the sons of Keturah.

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