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title: אֶלְקָנָה — Elkanah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֶלְקָנָה (511), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 21 times: Elkanah. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֶלְקָנָה

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«אֶלְקָנָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Elkanah** — 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:** 21 times · **Key:** 511 · **BDB:** אֶלְקָנָה

### Glosses

Elkanah (15); of.Elkanah (5); \[was\].Elkanah (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Elkanah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/511/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/511/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (God has created, or taken possession) father of Samuel 1 S 1–2 (8 times) 1 Ch 6:12, 19. son of Korah Ex 6:24. a ruler in Jerusalem in the time of Ahaz 2 Ch 28:7. one of David’s warriors 1 Ch 12:6. several Levites (α) 1 Ch 6:8, 10, 21 (β) v 11, 20 (γ) 9:16 (δ) 15:23.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 11 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 «אֶלְקָנָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/511/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 6:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.6.10/)

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וּבְנֵי֙ אֶלְקָנָ֔ה עֲמָשַׂ֖י וַאֲחִימֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* and the.sons of.Elkanah \[were\].Amasai and Ahimoth

*JPS 1917:* And the sons of Elkanah: Amasai, and Ahimoth.

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[1 Chronicles 6:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.6.19/)

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בֶּן־אֶלְקָנָה֙ בֶּן־יְרֹחָ֔ם בֶּן־אֱלִיאֵ֖ל בֶּן־תּֽוֹחַ׃

*Word for word:* the.son of.Elkanah the.son of.Jeroham the.son of.Eliel the.son of.Toah

*JPS 1917:* the son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah;

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