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title: אֶלְפַּעַל — Elpaal · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֶלְפַּעַל (508), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: Elpaal. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֶלְפַּעַל

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«אֶלְפַּעַל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Elpaal** — 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:** 508 · **BDB:** אֶלְפַּ֫עַל

### Glosses

of.Elpaal (2); Elpaal (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Elpaal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/508/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/508/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (God of doing? cf. Ph. פעלאבסת) a Benjamite 1 Ch 8:11, 12, 18.

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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 «אֶלְפַּעַל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/508/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 8:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.8.18/)

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וְיִשְׁמְרַ֧י וְיִזְלִיאָ֛ה וְיוֹבָ֖ב בְּנֵ֥י אֶלְפָּֽעַל׃

*Word for word:* and Ishmerai and Izliah and Jobab \[were\].the.sons of.Elpaal

*JPS 1917:* and Ishmerai, and Izliah, and Jobab, were the sons of Elpaal.

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[1 Chronicles 8:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.8.11/)

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וּמֵחֻשִׁ֛ים הוֹלִ֥יד אֶת־אֲבִיט֖וּב וְאֶת־אֶלְפָּֽעַל׃

*Word for word:* and from Hushim he.fathered (et) Abitub and (et) Elpaal

*JPS 1917:* and of Hushim he begot Abitub, and Elpaal.

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