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ʾelḥānān אֶלְחָנָן ‘Elhanan’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from ʾēl אֵל ‘god’ and ḥānan חָנַן ‘be gracious / be loathsome’
Roots: אל חנן

ʾelḥānān pr n m pers
Elhanan = "God has been gracious"
1) Jair's son who fought the Gittites
2) Dodo's son who was a chief of David

Mentioned in 2 Samuel 23:24, 21:19 1 Chronicles 11:26, 20:5

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