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title: עֵילָם — Elam · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֵילָם (lemma:עֵילָם), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 13 times: Elam. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. 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:** 13 times · **Key:** lemma:עֵילָם · **BDB:** עֵילָם²

### Glosses

of.Elam (7); Elam (3); \[were\].Elam (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Elam [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b5_5d9_5dc_5b8_5dd/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b5_5d9_5dc_5b8_5dd/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. Ηλαμ, Αιλαμ: heads of families of returned exiles: Ezr 2:7 = Ne 7:12. Ezr 2:31 = Ne 7:34. Ezr 8:7; 10:2 (Qr; Kt עולם), v 26. a chief of people Ne 10:15. name in Benjamin 1 Ch 8:24. Levite name 1 Ch 26:3. a priest Ne 12:42.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (12 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 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/lemma_3a_5e2_5b5_5d9_5dc_5b8_5dd/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 8:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.8.24/)

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וַחֲנַנְיָ֥ה וְעֵילָ֖ם וְעַנְתֹתִיָּֽה׃

*Word for word:* and Hananiah and Elam and Anthothijah

*JPS 1917:* and Hananiah, and Elam, and Anthothiah;

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[Ezra 2:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.2.7/)

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בְּנֵ֣י עֵילָ֔ם אֶ֕לֶף מָאתַ֖יִם חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים וְאַרְבָּעָֽה׃ס

*Word for word:* the.descendants of.Elam one.thousand two.hundred fifty and four

*JPS 1917:* The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.

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