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title: אֵלֹנִי — Elonite · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֵלֹנִי (440), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Elonite. BDB 1906: adj.gent. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֵלֹנִי

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«אֵלֹנִי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Elonite** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 440 · **BDB:** אֵלֹנִי

### Glosses

the.Elonite\[s\] (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Elonite [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/440/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj.gent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/440/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj.gent. of אֵלוֹן 1. (as n. coll.) Nu 26:26.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 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 «אֵלֹנִי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/440/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Numbers 26:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.26.26/)

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בְּנֵ֣י זְבוּלֻן֮ לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם֒ לְסֶ֗רֶד מִשְׁפַּ֙חַת֙ הַסַּרְדִּ֔י לְאֵל֕וֹן מִשְׁפַּ֖חַת הָאֵלֹנִ֑י לְיַ֨חְלְאֵ֔ל מִשְׁפַּ֖חַת הַיַּחְלְאֵלִֽי׃

*Word for word:* the.descendants of.Zebulun to clans their of Sered the.clan of the.Sardite\[s\] of Elon the.clan of the.Elonite\[s\] of Jahleel the.clan of the.Jahleelite\[s\]

*JPS 1917:* The sons of Zebulun after their families: of Sered, the family of the Seredites; of Elon, the family of the Elonites; of Jahleel, the family of the Jahleelites.

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