אֶלְקָנָה

«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.

Used: 21 times · Key: 511 · BDB: אֶלְקָנָה

Glosses

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

Meaning (OSHB)

Elkanah tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. tree →

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.

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, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

1 Chronicles 6:10

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.

1 Chronicles 6:19

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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