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title: אֱלִיאָב — Eliab · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֱלִיאָב (446), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 21 times: Eliab. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֱלִיאָב

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«אֱלִיאָב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Eliab** — 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:** 21 times · **Key:** 446 · **BDB:** אֱלִיאָב

### Glosses

Eliab (11); of.Eliab (7); \[was\].Eliab (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Eliab [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/446/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/446/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (God is father, cf. אֲבִיאֵל) prince of Zebulon Nu 1:9; 2:7; 7:24, 29; 10:16. prince of Reuben Nu 16:1, 12; 26:8, 9 Dt 11:6. brother of David 1 S 16:6; 17:13, 28(×2) 1 Ch 2:13 2 Ch 11:18 (cf. אֱלִיהוּ 1 Ch 27:18). a Kohathite 1 Ch 6:12 = אֱלִיאֵל v 19 cf. אֱלִיהוּ 1 S 1:1. a Gadite 1 Ch 12:9. Levite singer 1 Ch 15:18, 20; 16:5.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 19 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 «אֱלִיאָב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/446/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Numbers 26:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.26.8/)

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וּבְנֵ֥י פַלּ֖וּא אֱלִיאָֽב׃

*Word for word:* and the.sons of.Pallu \[were\].Eliab

*JPS 1917:* And the sons of Pallu: Eliab.

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[Numbers 1:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.1.9/)

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לִזְבוּלֻ֕ן אֱלִיאָ֖ב בֶּן־חֵלֹֽן׃

*Word for word:* for Zebulun Eliab the.son of.Helon

*JPS 1917:* Of Zebulun, Eliab the son of Helon.

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