H5697b H5697b
Eglath (place name); location in Moab, possibly 'third Eglath' or 'three-year-old heifer'
This place name appears in prophetic oracles against Moab, with the enigmatic phrase 'Eglath Shelishiyah' (literally 'third Eglath' or possibly 'Eglath of the three-year-old heifer'). Isaiah 15:5 and Jeremiah 48:34 locate it near Zoar on Moab's southern border. The exact meaning and location are disputed—it may be a place name modified by 'third' or an image of a heifer. The Septuagint translates as 'three-year-old heifer,' suggesting the phrase may be metaphorical rather than purely geographical.
Senses
1. sense 1 — A place name in Moab, appearing in the phrase 'Eglath Shelishiyah' (Isaiah 15:5; Jeremiah 48:34). The second element means 'third' or 'three-year-old,' leading to interpretations as either 'third Eglath' (implying multiple towns of that name) or 'heifer of three years' (metaphor). Located near Zoar, it marks Moab's southern territory in judgment oracles. 2×
AR["عِجْلَةٌ", "عِجْلَةَ"]·ben["গাভী", "গাভী-"]·DE["[עגלת]"]·EN["heifer-of"]·FR["[עגלת]"]·heb["עגלת"]·HI["बछिया"]·ID["lembu-betina", "lembu-muda"]·IT["[עגלת]"]·jav["pedet-èstri", "sapi-èstri"]·KO["암소-"]·PT["bezerra-de", "novilha"]·RU["тёлица-", "тёлка"]·ES["novilla-de"]·SW["ndama", "ndama-ya"]·TR["düve", "inek"]·urd["بچھیا"]
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
† עֶגְלַת n.pr.loc.;—ע׳ שְׁלִשִׁיָּה (the) third Eglath Is 15:5 (𝔊 δάμαλις τριετής) Je 48:34 (𝔊 ἀγγελίαν Σαλασεια), near Zoar and S. border of Moab.