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title: אֶלְנָתָן — Elnathan · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֶלְנָתָן (494), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: Elnathan. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֶלְנָתָן

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«אֶלְנָתָן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Elnathan** — 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:** 7 times · **Key:** 494 · **BDB:** אֶלְנָתָן

### Glosses

Elnathan (6); of.Elnathan (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Elnathan [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/494/#m1)

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**The whole BDB entry:** (God has given, cf. נְתַנְאֵל, \& Assyrian Ilu-iddin DlPr 207, Ph. בעליתן, יתנבעל, Palm. עתנתן, והבלת VogPal. 30 \& p. 31 f, Nab. והבאל, קסנתן EutNab12, 1, Sab. והבאל, אלוהב DHMZMG 1883, 15, 361, 388 CISiv. 1, 1.2.6, Theodore, Diodate). the grandfather of Jehoiakim 2 K 24:8; cf. Je 26:22; 36:12, 25(?). Levites of the time of Ezra Ezr 8:16(×3).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 5 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 «אֶלְנָתָן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/494/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 26:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.26.22/)

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וַיִּשְׁלַ֞ח הַמֶּ֧לֶךְ יְהוֹיָקִ֛ים אֲנָשִׁ֖ים מִצְרָ֑יִם אֵ֣ת אֶלְנָתָ֧ן בֶּן־עַכְבּ֛וֹר וַאֲנָשִׁ֥ים אִתּ֖וֹ אֶל־מִצְרָֽיִם׃

*Word for word:* and he.sent the king Jehoiakim men Egypt (et) Elnathan the.son of.Achbor and men with him to Egypt

*JPS 1917:* and Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, Elnathan the son of Achbor, and certain men with him, into Egypt;

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[Jeremiah 36:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.36.25/)

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וְגַם֩ אֶלְנָתָ֨ן וּדְלָיָ֤הוּ וּגְמַרְיָ֙הוּ֙ הִפְגִּ֣עוּ בַמֶּ֔לֶךְ לְבִלְתִּ֥י שְׂרֹ֖ף אֶת־הַמְּגִלָּ֑ה וְלֹ֥א שָׁמַ֖ע אֲלֵיהֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* and also Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah they.had.made.entreaty with the king to not to.burn (et) the scroll and not he.listened to them

*JPS 1917:* Moreover Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had entreated the king not to burn the roll; but he would not hear them.

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