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title: אֶלְתְּקֵא — Eltekeh · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֶלְתְּקֵא (514), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Eltekeh. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֶלְתְּקֵא

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«אֶלְתְּקֵא» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Eltekeh** — 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:** 514 · **BDB:** אֶלְתְּקֵא

### Glosses

Eltekeh (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Eltekeh [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/514/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/514/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. Levitical city in the tribe of Dan, between Ekron \& Timna, Assyrian Altaku (COT) Jos 19:44; 21:23.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 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 «אֶלְתְּקֵא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/514/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Joshua 19:44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.19.44/)

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וְאֶלְתְּקֵ֥ה וְגִבְּת֖וֹן וּבַעֲלָֽת׃

*Word for word:* and Eltekeh and Gibbethon and Baalath

*JPS 1917:* and Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, and Baalath;

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[Joshua 21:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.21.23/)

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וּמִמַּ֨טֵּה־דָ֔ן אֶֽת־אֶלְתְּקֵ֖א וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֑הָ אֶֽת־גִּבְּת֖וֹן וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶֽׁהָ׃

*Word for word:* and from the.tribe of.Dan (et) Eltekeh and (et) lands its.pasture (et) Gibbethon and (et) lands its.pasture

*JPS 1917:* And out of the tribe of Dan, Elteke with the open land about it, Gibbethon with the open land about it;

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