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title: אֵלִיָּהוּ — Elijah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֵלִיָּהוּ (452), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 71 times: Elijah. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. Elijah. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֵלִיָּהוּ

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«אֵלִיָּהוּ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Elijah** — 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:** 71 times · **Key:** 452 · **BDB:** אֵלִיָּה

### Glosses

Elijah (60); of.Elijah (8); O.Elijah (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Elijah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/452/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. Elijah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/452/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** 2 K 1:3 + 4 times; אֵלִיָּ֫הוּ 1 K 17:1 + 62 times; n.pr.m. (Yah(u) is God, cf. יוֹאֵל) Elijah, the great prophet of the reign of Ahab 1 K 17:1 + 65 times K; 2 Ch 21:12 Mal 3:23. Benjamite 1 Ch 8:27; a priest of Ezra’s time Ezr 10:21; a son of Elam Ezr 10:26.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (14 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (12 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֵלִיָּהוּ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/452/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 8:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.8.27/)

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וְיַעֲרֶשְׁיָ֧ה וְאֵלִיָּ֛ה וְזִכְרִ֖י בְּנֵ֥י יְרֹחָֽם׃

*Word for word:* and Jaareshiah and Elijah and Zikri \[were\].the.sons of.Jeroham

*JPS 1917:* and Jaareshiah, and Elijah, and Zichri, were the sons of Jeroham.

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[1 Kings 21:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.21.17/)

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וַיְהִי֙ דְּבַר־יְהוָ֔ה אֶל־אֵלִיָּ֥הוּ הַתִּשְׁבִּ֖י לֵאמֹֽר׃

*Word for word:* and it.came the.word of.Yahweh to Elijah the Tishbite (cmp)

*JPS 1917:* And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying:

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