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title: אֶלְחָנָן — Elkanan · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֶלְחָנָן (445), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: Elkanan. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֶלְחָנָן

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«אֶלְחָנָן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Elkanan** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 445 · **BDB:** אֶלְחָנָן

### Glosses

Elhanan (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Elkanan [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/445/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/445/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (God has been gracious, cf. Ph. אלחנן, בעלחנן, in Assyrian Baʾalḫanunu COT Gn 10:18) two of David’s chiefs 2 S 21:19 = 1 Ch 20:5; 2 S 23:24 = 1 Ch 11:26.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 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, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֶלְחָנָן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/445/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Samuel 23:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.23.24/)

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עֲשָׂה־אֵ֥לעֲשָׂה־אֵ֥ל אֲחִֽי־יוֹאָ֖ב בַּשְּׁלֹשִׁ֑ים אֶלְחָנָ֥ן בֶּן־דֹּד֖וֹ בֵּ֥ית לָֽחֶם בֵּ֥ית לָֽחֶם׃

*Word for word:* Asahel Asahel the.brother of.Joab \[was\].among the thirty Elhanan the.son of.Dodo Bethlehem Bethlehem

*JPS 1917:* Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth-lehem;

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[1 Chronicles 11:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.11.26/)

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וְגִבּוֹרֵ֖י הַחֲיָלִ֑ים עֲשָׂה־אֵל֙עֲשָׂה־אֵל֙ אֲחִ֣י יוֹאָ֔ב אֶלְחָנָ֥ן בֶּן־דּוֹד֖וֹ מִבֵּ֥ית לָֽחֶם בֵּ֥ית לָֽחֶם׃ס

*Word for word:* and the.mighty.\[men\] of.(the) strength(s) \[were\] Asahel the.brother of.Joab Elhanan the.son of.Dodo from Bethlehem Bethlehem

*JPS 1917:* Also the mighty men of valour: Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth-lehem;

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