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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)

Mentioned in Genesis 14:9, 14:1, 10:22 Isaiah 22:6, 11:11, 21:2 Jeremiah 49:38, 49:37, 49:39, 49:34, 49:36, 49:35, 25:25 Ezekiel 32:24 Daniel 8:2 Ezra 2:31, 10:2, 10:26, 2:7, 8:7 Nehemiah 7:34, 12:42, 7:12, 10:15 1 Chronicles 26:3, 1:17, 8:24

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