1. Elnathan (proper name) — The proper noun Elnathan (אֶלְנָתָן), referring to individuals in the Hebrew Bible, notably Elnathan son of Achbor (Jer 26:22, 36:12,25) and post-exilic leaders (Ezra 8:16). All occurrences across languages uniformly render this as a personal name: eng 'Elnatan/Elnathan', spa 'Elnatán/Elnatan', hin 'एलनातान/एल्नातान', arb 'إِلْنَاثَانَ/أَلْنَاثَان', kor '엘나탄/엨나탄', swa 'Elnathani/Elnatani'. The two clusters differ only in the presence or absence of the conjunctive waw prefix (וְ), which is a grammatical particle and not a semantic distinction. 7×
AR["أَلْنَاثَانُ","إِلْنَاتَانَ","إِلْنَاثَانَ","وَ-إِلَى-أَلْناثان","وَأَلْنَاثَانُ"]·ben["আর-ইলনাথনকে","ইলনাথন","ইল্নাথনের","এবং-ইলনাথন"]·DE["Elnatan","[אלנתן]","[ואלנתן]","[ולאלנתן]"]·EN["Elnatan","and-Elnatan","and-for-Elnatan"]·FR["Elnatan","[אלנתן]","[ואלנתן]","[ולאלנתן]"]·heb["אלנתן","ו-אלנתן","ו-ל-אלנתן"]·HI["एलनातान","एल्नातान","और-एलनातान","और-एल्नातान-को"]·ID["Elnatan","dan-Elnatan","dan-kepada-Elnatan"]·IT["Elnatan","[אלנתן]","[ואלנתן]","e-Elnatan"]·jav["lan-dhateng-Elnatan","lan-Èlnatan","Èlnatan"]·KO["그리고-로-엘라단","그리고-엨나탄이","엘나단을","엘나탄의","엨나탄과"]·PT["Elnatan","e-Elnatan","e-a-Elnatan"]·RU["Элнафан","Эльнатана","и-Элнафан","и-за-Элнатаном"]·ES["Elnatan","Elnatán","y-Elnatan","y-a-Elnatan"]·SW["Elnatani","Elnathani","na-Elnathani"]·TR["Elnatan","Elnatan'ı","Elnatan'ın","ve-Elnatan","ve-Elnatana"]·urd["الناتان","النتان","اور-النتان","اور-اِلناتان-کو"]
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
† אֶלְנָתָן (God has given, cf. נְתַנְאֵל, & Assyrian Ilu-iddin DlPr 207, Ph. בעליתן, יתנבעל, Palm. עתנתן, והבלת VogPal. 30 & p. 31 f, Nab. והבאל, קסנתן EutNab12, 1, Sab. והבאל, אלוהב DHMZMG 1883, 15, 361, 388 CISiv. 1, 1.2.6, Theodore, Diodate). a. the grandfather of Jehoiakim 2 K 24:8; cf. Je 26:22; 36:12, 25(?). b. Levites of the time of Ezra Ezr 8:16(×3).