ʿēlām עֵילָם ‘Elam’ (Hebrew)
Etymology?:
probably from ʿālam עָלַם ‘to conceal’
Roots:
עלם
Variants: עֵילָם, עֵילָם
ʿēlām Apr n loc Bpr n m pers Cpr n m pers
AElam = "eternity"
n pr loc
1) a province east of Babylon and northeast of the lower Tigris
BElam = "eternity"
n pr m
1) a Korhite Levite in the time of David
2) a chief man of the tribe of Benjamin
3) ancestor of a family of exiles who returned with Zerubbabel
4) a chief of the people who signed the covenant with Nehemiah
5) another ancestor of another family of exiles who returned with Zerubbabel
6) a priest who assisted at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah
7) another head of a family of returning exiles
CElam = "eternity"
n pr m
Male living at the time of the first Patriarchs (Gen.10.22; 1Ch.1.17)