עֵילָם

«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.

Used: 13 times · Key: lemma:עֵילָם · BDB: עֵילָם²

Glosses

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

Meaning (OSHB)

Elam tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. tree →

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.

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, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

1 Chronicles 8:24

וַחֲנַנְיָ֥ה וְעֵילָ֖ם וְעַנְתֹתִיָּֽה׃

Word for word: and Hananiah and Elam and Anthothijah

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

Ezra 2:7

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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