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title: אֱלִישָׁה — Elishah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֱלִישָׁה (473), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: Elishah. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֱלִישָׁה

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«אֱלִישָׁה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Elishah** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 473 · **BDB:** אֱלִישָׁה

### Glosses

\[were\].Elishah (2); of.Elishah (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Elishah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/473/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/473/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. as son of Javan Gn 10:4; 1 Ch 1:7; אִיֵּי א׳ Ez 27:7 (Aeolis Josephus Jer Kn; H. DerenbourgMélanges Graux, 235 f (Eng. trans. Hbr. Oct. 1887, 7); Hellas 𝔗 Jon etc., LenOrig. ii. 2. 34 f; Italy, with Sicily, cf. מְדִינַת אִיטַלְיָא 𝔗 Ezek, Di Gn 10:4; Carthage = Elissa, StaDe Populo Javan, 8 f; E. MeyerGesch. i. § 282; decision difficult; last view very attractive).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 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 «אֱלִישָׁה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/473/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 10:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.10.4/)

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וּבְנֵ֥י יָוָ֖ן אֱלִישָׁ֣ה וְתַרְשִׁ֑ישׁ כִּתִּ֖ים וְדֹדָנִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and the.sons of.Javan \[were\].Elishah and Tarshish Kittim and Dodanim

*JPS 1917:* And the sons of Javan: Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.

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[1 Chronicles 1:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.1.7/)

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וּבְנֵ֥י יָוָ֖ן אֱלִישָׁ֣ה וְתַרְשִׁ֑ישָׁה כִּתִּ֖ים וְרוֹדָנִֽים׃ס

*Word for word:* and the.sons of.Javan \[were\].Elishah and (to) Tarshish Kittim and Rodanim

*JPS 1917:* And the sons of Javan: Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim.

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