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title: אֱלִישָׁמָע — Elishama · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֱלִישָׁמָע (476), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 17 times: Elishama. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֱלִישָׁמָע

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«אֱלִישָׁמָע» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Elishama** — 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:** 17 times · **Key:** 476 · **BDB:** אֱלִישָׁמָע

### Glosses

Elishama (11); of.Elishama (5); \[was\].Elishama (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Elishama [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/476/#m1)

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**The whole BDB entry:** (God has heard, cf. יִשְׁמָעֵאל, \& Sab. אלסמע, יסמעאל Hal187, 193) chief of Ephraim Nu 1:10; 2:18; 7:48, 53; 10:22; 1 Ch 7:26. son of David 2 S 5:16 1 Ch 3:6, 8; 14:7. scribe of Jehoiakim Je 36:12, 20, 21. one of the royal seed 2 K 25:25; Je 41:1. a man of Judah 1 Ch 2:41. a priest 2 Ch 17:8.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 17 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 «אֱלִישָׁמָע» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/476/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Samuel 5:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.5.16/)

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וֶאֱלִישָׁמָ֥ע וְאֶלְיָדָ֖ע וֶאֱלִיפָֽלֶט׃פ

*Word for word:* and Elishama and Eliada and Eliphelet

*JPS 1917:* and Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet.

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[1 Chronicles 3:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.3.6/)

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וְיִבְחָ֥ר וֶאֱלִישָׁמָ֖ע וֶאֱלִיפָֽלֶט׃

*Word for word:* and Ibhar and Elishama and Eliphelet

*JPS 1917:* and Ibhar, and Elishama, and Eliphelet;

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