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title: אֱלִיעָם — Eliam · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֱלִיעָם (463), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Eliam. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֱלִיעָם

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«אֱלִיעָם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Eliam** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 463 · **BDB:** אֱלִיעָם

### Glosses

Eliam (1); of.Eliam (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Eliam [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/463/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/463/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (God is kinsman; Ph. אלעם) father of Bathsheba 2 S 11:3; cf. עַמִּיאֵל 1 Ch 3:5. one of David’s heroes 2 S 23:34 (according to some = a). Etl is kinsman (v. GrayEncy. Bib. Ammi, Names with Nöib. Names, § 46).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 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 «אֱלִיעָם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/463/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Samuel 23:34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.23.34/)

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אֱלִיפֶ֥לֶט בֶּן־אֲחַסְבַּ֖י בֶּן־הַמַּֽעֲכָתִ֑יס אֱלִיעָ֥ם בֶּן־אֲחִיתֹ֖פֶל הַגִּלֹנִֽי׃ס

*Word for word:* Eliphelet the.son of.Ahasbai the.son of the.Maacathite Eliam the.son of.Ahithophel the Gilonite

*JPS 1917:* Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the Maacathite, Eliam the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite;

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[2 Samuel 11:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.11.3/)

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וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח דָּוִ֔ד וַיִּדְרֹ֖שׁ לָֽאִשָּׁ֑ה וַיֹּ֗אמֶר הֲלוֹא־זֹאת֙ בַּת־שֶׁ֣בַעבַּת־שֶׁ֣בַע בַּת־אֱלִיעָ֔ם אֵ֖שֶׁת אוּרִיָּ֥ה הַחִתִּֽי׃

*Word for word:* and he.sent David and he.enquired of the woman and he.said ? not \[is\].this Bathsheba Bathsheba the.daughter of.Eliam the.wife of.Uriah the Hittite

*JPS 1917:* And David sent and inquired after the woman. And one said: 'Is not this Bath-sheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?'

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