H5867b H5867b
Elam (II) — personal and clan name for several post-exilic families; distinct from the nation Elam
This עֵילָם (Elam II) is a personal and clan name distinct from the well-known nation east of Babylon. It designates several individuals and the families descended from them who appear primarily in post-exilic return lists. Two separate 'sons of Elam' groups returned from Babylon — one numbering 1,254 (Ezra 2:7; Neh 7:12) and another called 'the other Elam' numbering 1,254 as well (Ezra 2:31; Neh 7:34). Members of the Elam clan were among those who had married foreign wives (Ezra 10:2, 26). A Benjaminite Elam appears in 1 Chronicles 8:24, a gatekeeper son of Kore in 1 Chronicles 26:3, and a leader who sealed the covenant in Nehemiah 10:14.
Senses
1. Elam (proper noun, person/clan) — A personal and clan name for Israelite families in the post-exilic period, distinct from the Mesopotamian nation Elam. Two 'sons of Elam' groups appear in the return lists (Ezra 2:7, 31; Neh 7:12, 34), and family members are named among those who divorced foreign wives (Ezra 10:2, 26). A Benjaminite named Elam appears in 1 Chronicles 8:24, a Levitical gatekeeper in 1 Chronicles 26:3, and a covenant-sealer and processional participant in Nehemiah 10:14 and 12:42. Spanish 'Elam' and English 'Elam' both transliterate identically to the national name, requiring context to distinguish. 11×
AR["(عِيلَامَ)", "عيلامَ", "عيلامُ", "عِيلام", "عِيلاَمَ", "عِيلَامَ", "عِيلَامُ", "وَ-عيلامُ", "وَعِيلَام"]·ben["(ঐলমের)", "আর-এলম", "এলম", "এলমের", "ঐলমের", "ও-এলাম"]·DE["Elam", "[ועילם]", "[עילם]", "und-Elam"]·EN["Elam", "Eylam", "and-Elam"]·FR["et-Élam", "Élam"]·heb["(עילם)", "ו-עילם", "עילם"]·HI["एलाम", "एलाम-के", "और-एलाम"]·ID["Elam", "dan-Elam"]·IT["Elam", "e-Elam"]·jav["Elam", "lan-Elam", "lan-Èlam"]·KO["그-와-엘람", "그리고-엘람", "엘람", "엘람의"]·PT["(Eilam)", "Eilam", "Elam", "e-Elam", "‘Elam"]·RU["Эйлам", "Эйлама", "Элам", "Элама", "и-Эйлам", "и-Элам"]·ES["Eilam", "Elam", "y-Elam"]·SW["Elamu", "na-Elamu", "wa-Elamu"]·TR["Elam", "Elam'ın", "Elamin", "ve-Elam"]·urd["(عیلام)", "اور-عیلام", "عیلام", "عیلام-کے"]
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. עֵילָם n.pr.m. Ηλαμ, Αιλαμ: 1. heads of families of returned exiles: a. Ezr 2:7 = Ne 7:12. b. Ezr 2:31 = Ne 7:34. c. Ezr 8:7; 10:2 (Qr; Kt עולם), v 26. 2. a chief of people Ne 10:15. 3. name in Benjamin 1 Ch 8:24. 4. Levite name 1 Ch 26:3. 5. a priest Ne 12:42.