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Prep-l | N-proper-fs  |  2× in 1 sense
Eglah (personal name); wife of David, mother of Ithream
This personal name means 'heifer' and identifies one of David's wives during his reign in Hebron. Both occurrences—2 Samuel 3:5 and 1 Chronicles 3:3—list her as the mother of Ithream, David's sixth son. The name Eglah joins other pastoral names like Leah ('cow') and Rachel ('ewe'), reflecting ancient naming conventions that drew from animal imagery. She appears last in the list of Hebron wives, suggesting she may have been David's final wife before moving the capital to Jerusalem.
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Senses
1. sense 1 — A proper name for one of David's wives, mother of Ithream. The name means 'heifer,' fitting the pattern of pastoral names among biblical women (Leah, Rachel). Both references appear in parallel genealogical lists of David's sons born in Hebron. The name is consistently preserved across versions, with minor transliteration variants. 2×
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AR["لِ-عَجْلَةَ", "لِـ-عجلَة"]·ben["-ইগ্লার", "ইগলার-থেকে"]·DE["[לעגלה]", "zu-Eglah"]·EN["to-Eglah"]·FR["[לעגלה]", "à-Eglah"]·heb["ל-עגלה"]·HI["एगला-से", "एगलाह-से"]·ID["dari-Egla"]·IT["[לעגלה]", "a-Eglah"]·jav["kangge-Égla", "saking-Égla"]·KO["에글라에게서", "에글라의-아들이니"]·PT["de-'Eglah"]·RU["от-Эглы"]·ES["de-Egla", "para-Eglah"]·SW["kwa-Egla"]·TR["Egla'dan"]·urd["عجلہ-سے", "ل-عجلہ"]
2 Sam 3:5, 1 Chr 3:3
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† II. עֶגְלָה n.pr.f. wife of David (on sense heifer cf. לֵאָה, רָחֵל; v. also GrayProp. N. 92, No. 27);—2 S 3:5 (𝔊 Αιγαλ, A Αιγας, 𝔊L Αγλα) = 1 Ch 3:3 (𝔊 Αλα, A Αγλα, 𝔊L Εγλα).