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title: אֶלָּסָר — Ellasar · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֶלָּסָר (495), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Ellasar. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. Ellasar. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֶלָּסָר

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«אֶלָּסָר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Ellasar** — 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:** 495 · **BDB:** אֶלָּסָר

### Glosses

of.Ellasar (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Ellasar [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/495/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. Ellasar [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/495/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. Ellasar Gn 14:1, 9 (= Bab. Larsa, mod. Senkereh, c. 28 miles NE. from Ur; cf. LoftCS 240 f DlPa 223 f TieleGesch. i. 86, COTad loc.).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֶלָּסָר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/495/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 14:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.14.1/)

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וַיְהִ֗י בִּימֵי֙ אַמְרָפֶ֣ל מֶֽלֶךְ־שִׁנְעָ֔ר אַרְי֖וֹךְ מֶ֣לֶךְ אֶלָּסָ֑ר כְּדָרְלָעֹ֙מֶר֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ עֵילָ֔ם וְתִדְעָ֖ל מֶ֥לֶךְ גּוֹיִֽם׃

*Word for word:* and it.was in the.days of.Amraphel the.king of.Shinar Arioch the.king of.Ellasar Kedorlaomer the.king of.Elam and Tidal the.king of.Goyim

*JPS 1917:* And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim,

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[Genesis 14:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.14.9/)

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אֵ֣ת כְּדָרְלָעֹ֜מֶר מֶ֣לֶךְ עֵילָ֗ם וְתִדְעָל֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ גּוֹיִ֔ם וְאַמְרָפֶל֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ שִׁנְעָ֔ר וְאַרְי֖וֹךְ מֶ֣לֶךְ אֶלָּסָ֑ר אַרְבָּעָ֥ה מְלָכִ֖ים אֶת־הַחֲמִשָּֽׁה׃

*Word for word:* with Kedorlaomer the.king of.Elam and Tidal the.king of.Goyim and Amraphel the.king of.Shinar and Arioch the.king of.Ellasar four kings with the five

*JPS 1917:* against Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings against the five.

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