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title: אֶלְעָשָׂה — Elasah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֶלְעָשָׂה (501), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: Elasah. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֶלְעָשָׂה

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«אֶלְעָשָׂה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Elasah** — 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:** 6 times · **Key:** 501 · **BDB:** אֶלְעָשָׂה

### Glosses

Eleasah (5); of.Eleasah (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Elasah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/501/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/501/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (God has made, cf. עֲשָׂהאֵל, יַעֲשִׂיאֵל etc.) descendant of Judah 1 Ch 2:39, 40. a Benjamite 1 Ch 8:37; 9:43. of the line of Pashur Ezr 10:22. son of Shaphan Je 29:3.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 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, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֶלְעָשָׂה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/501/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 2:39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.2.39/)

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וַעֲזַרְיָה֙ הֹלִ֣יד אֶת־חָ֔לֶץ וְחֶ֖לֶץ הֹלִ֥יד אֶת־אֶלְעָשָֽׂה׃

*Word for word:* and Azariah he.fathered (et) Helez and Helez he.fathered (et) Eleasah

*JPS 1917:* and Azariah begot Helez, and Helez begot Eleasah;

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[1 Chronicles 2:40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.2.40/)

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וְאֶלְעָשָׂה֙ הֹלִ֣יד אֶת־סִֽסְמָ֔י וְסִסְמַ֖י הֹלִ֥יד אֶת־שַׁלּֽוּם׃

*Word for word:* and Eleasah he.fathered (et) Sismai and Sismai he.fathered (et) Shallum

*JPS 1917:* and Eleasah begot Sisamai, and Sisamai begot Shallum;

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