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title: אֱלִיהוּא — Elihu · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֱלִיהוּא (453), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 11 times: Elihu. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֱלִיהוּא

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«אֱלִיהוּא» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Elihu** — 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:** 11 times · **Key:** 453 · **BDB:** אֱלִיהוּ

### Glosses

Elihu (9); of.Elihu (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Elihu [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/453/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/453/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** Jb 32:4 + 3 times; אֱלִיהוּא Jb 32:2 + 6 times; n.pr.m. (He is (my) God) the young friend of Job Jb 32:2, 4, 5, 6; 34:1; 35:1; 36:1. an Ephraimite, Samuel’s great-grandfather 1 S 1:1 cf. אֱלִיאָב 1 Ch 6:12, אֱלִיאֵל v 19. chief of Manasseh 1 Ch 12:20. a Korahite 1 Ch 26:7. one of the brethren of David 1 Ch 27:18 (cf. אֱלִיאָב 1 S 16:6).

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Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: another 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 «אֱלִיהוּא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/453/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 34:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.34.1/)

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וַיַּ֥עַן אֱלִיה֗וּא וַיֹּאמַֽר׃

*Word for word:* and he.answered Elihu and he.said

*JPS 1917:* Moreover Elihu answered and said:

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[Job 35:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.35.1/)

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וַיַּ֥עַן אֱלִיה֗וּ וַיֹּאמַֽר׃

*Word for word:* and he.answered Elihu and he.said

*JPS 1917:* Moreover Elihu answered and said:

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