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title: עֵילָם — Elam · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֵילָם (5867), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 15 times: Elam. BDB 1906: n.pr.gent. et terr. Elam. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֵילָם

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«עֵילָם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Elam** — 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:** 15 times · **Key:** 5867 · **BDB:** עֵילָם

### Glosses

Elam (8); of.Elam (6); O.Elam (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Elam [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5867/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.gent. et terr. Elam [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5867/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.gent. et terr. Elam, Αιλαμ, Ἐλαμεῖται, well-known country and people NE. of Lower Tigris (Assyrian Elamtu DlPa 320 ff. COT Gn 10:22);—as early invaders of Palestin Gn 14:1, 9, allies of Assyrian Is 22:6; foe of Babylon 21:2; abode of dispersed Israelites 11:11; prophesied against Je 49:34, 35, 36(×2) (Qr, Kt עולם), v 37, 38, 39 Ez 32:24, cf. כָּל־מַלְכֵי ע׳ Je 25:25; called ‘son’ of Shem Gn 10:22 (P) = 1 Ch 1:17; purely local designation ע׳ הַמְּדִינָה Dn 8:2.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 14 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (12 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (7 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עֵילָם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5867/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 22:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.22.6/)

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וְעֵילָם֙ נָשָׂ֣א אַשְׁפָּ֔ה בְּרֶ֥כֶב אָדָ֖ם פָּֽרָשִׁ֑ים וְקִ֥יר עֵרָ֖ה מָגֵֽן׃

*Word for word:* and Elam it.took.up a.quiver with chariotry of.a.man horsemen and Kir it.laid.bare a.shield

*JPS 1917:* And Elam bore the quiver, with troops of men, even horsemen; and Kir uncovered the shield.

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[Jeremiah 49:39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.49.39/)

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וְהָיָ֣ה ׀ בְּאַחֲרִ֣ית הַיָּמִ֗ים אָשִׁ֛יב אֶת־שְׁב֥וּת עֵילָ֖ם נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃ס

*Word for word:* and it.will.be at the.end of the.days I.will.turn.back (et) the.captivity of.Elam the.utterance of.Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* But it shall come to pass in the end of days, that I will bring back the captivity of Elam, saith the LORD.

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