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title: אֵלָה — Elah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֵלָה (425), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 13 times: Elah. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֵלָה

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«אֵלָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Elah** — 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:** 13 times · **Key:** 425 · **BDB:** אֵלָה²

### Glosses

of.Elah (7); Elah (6)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Elah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/425/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/425/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (terebinth, cf. Gn 49:21 sub i. אֵלָה) a chief of Edom Gn 36:41 = 1 Ch 1:52 (= אֵילַת n.pr.loc.? v. Di) son of Baasha; reigned two years in Isr. 1 K 16:6, 8, 13, 14. father of Hoshea who was last king of Isr. 2 K 15:30; 17:1; 18:1, 9. a son of Caleb 1 Ch 4:15(×2). a son of Uzzi 1 Ch 9:8.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 12 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (14 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (12 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֵלָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/425/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 36:41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.36.41/)

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אַלּ֧וּף אָהֳלִיבָמָ֛ה אַלּ֥וּף אֵלָ֖ה אַלּ֥וּף פִּינֹֽן׃

*Word for word:* chief Oholibamah chief Elah chief Pinon

*JPS 1917:* the chief of Oholibamah, the chief of Elah, the chief of Pinon;

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[1 Chronicles 1:52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.1.52/)

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אַלּ֧וּף אָהֳלִיבָמָ֛ה אַלּ֥וּף אֵלָ֖ה אַלּ֥וּף פִּינֹֽן׃

*Word for word:* chief Oholibamah chief Elah chief Pinon

*JPS 1917:* the chief of Oholibamah, the chief of Elah, the chief of Pinon;

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