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ʾelnātān אֶלְנָתָן ‘Elnathan’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from ʾēl אֵל ‘god’ and nātan נָתַן ‘to give’
Roots: אל נתן

ʾelnātān pr n m pers
Elnathan = "God has given"
1) king Jehoiachin's maternal grandfather
2) three chief men in Ezra's time
3) son of Achbor, a military commander under Jehoiakim

Mentioned in 2 Kings 24:8 Jeremiah 26:22, 36:25, 36:12 Ezra 8:16

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