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ʾelyᵊhōʿēnay אֶלְיְהוֹעֵינַיAElihoenai, BElioenai’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from ʾel אֶל ‘to(wards)’ and yᵊhōwā יְהֹוָה ‘YHWH/Lord’ and ʿayin עַ֫יִן ‘eye / spring’
Roots: אל אל יְהווה עין
Variants: אֶלְיְהוֹעֵינַי, אֶלְיוֹעֵינַי

ʾelyᵊhōʿēnay pr n m pers
AElioenai or Elihoenai = "unto Jehovah are my eyes"
1) a Korahite temple doorkeeper, son of Meshelemiah
2) a returning exile
BElioenai or Elihoenai = "unto Jehovah are my eyes"
1) a descendant of David
2) a Simeonite
3) a Benjamite, a son of Becher
4) priests in time of Ezra

Mentioned in Ezra 8:4, 10:22, 10:27 Nehemiah 12:41 1 Chronicles 7:8, 3:23, 3:24, 4:36, 26:3

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