H0514 H0514
Eltekeh/Elteqeh, a Levitical city in Dan between Ekron and Timnah
A place name appearing in Joshua's boundary and Levitical city lists, located in the tribal territory of Dan between Ekron and Timnah. Joshua 19:44 includes it in Dan's allotment, while Joshua 21:23 designates it as one of the cities given to the Levites. Assyrian records mention a city called Altaku, likely the same location, indicating it was significant enough to appear in extra-biblical sources. The name's etymology remains uncertain.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Cross-linguistic transliteration shows minor spelling variation: English 'Eltekeh' and 'Elteqeh,' Spanish similar variations, French and German likewise. Both biblical occurrences relate to territorial administration—first as part of Dan's inheritance, then as part of the Levitical redistribution that scattered priestly families throughout Israel's tribes to maintain religious instruction and worship leadership across the land. 2×
AR["أَلْتَقِياَ", "وَ-أَلْتَقِيهُ"]·ben["ইল্তিকী", "এবং-ইল্তকী"]·DE["Eltekeh", "und-Elteqeh"]·EN["Eltekeh", "and-Elteqeh"]·FR["Eltekeh", "et-Elteqeh"]·heb["אלתקא", "ו-אלתקה"]·HI["एल्तेके", "और-एल्तेके"]·ID["Elteke", "dan-Elteke"]·IT["Eltekeh", "e-Elteqeh"]·jav["lan-Èltèkè", "Èltèkè"]·KO["그리고-엘르게", "엘르게를"]·PT["Elteqé", "e-Elteqé"]·RU["Эльтеке", "и-Эльтеке"]·ES["Elteque", "y-Elteque"]·SW["Elteke", "na-Elteke"]·TR["Elteke", "ve-Elteke"]·urd["التقی", "اور-التقی"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† אֶלְתְּקֵא, אֶלְתְּקֵה n.pr.loc. Levitical city in the tribe of Dan, between Ekron & Timna, Assyrian Altaku (COT) Jos 19:44; 21:23.