H5962 H5962
Elamites, people from Elam (southwestern Iran); descendants of Shem's son Elam
The Elamites were inhabitants of Elam, the ancient kingdom east of Mesopotamia in what is now southwestern Iran. Elam appears in Genesis 10 as one of Shem's sons, making Elamites part of the Semitic family of nations. Ezra 4:9 mentions them among the peoples forcibly resettled in Samaria by the Assyrian Empire, part of the policy of population displacement that created the mixed population of the region. Elamites also appear in Acts 2 at Pentecost, showing their continued presence in the ancient Near East. They represent the far-reaching scope of imperial conquest and deportation.
Senses
1. sense 1 — The people from Elam mentioned in Ezra 4:9 among those resettled in Samaria and opposing the Jerusalem temple rebuilding. The translations consistently render this as 'Elamites' or 'Elamaye' (English and Spanish: 'Elamaye/los-elamitas'), identifying them as a distinct ethnic group. Their inclusion in this list demonstrates how Assyrian and Babylonian deportation policies created complex, multi-ethnic populations in formerly Israelite territories—a key factor in the conflicts faced by post-exilic returnees. 1×
AR["الْعِيلاَمِيُّونَ"]·ben["এলমায়েরা"]·DE["[עלמיא]"]·EN["Elamaye"]·FR["[עלמיא]"]·heb["עלמיא"]·HI["एलामी"]·ID["orang-orang-Elam"]·IT["[עלמיא]"]·KO["엘람사람들"]·PT["os-elamitas"]·RU["эламиты"]·ES["los-elamitas."]·SW["Waelami"]·TR["Elamliler"]·urd["عیلامی"]
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
† עֵלְמָיֵא n.gent.pl. Elamites (cf. BH עֵילָם);—Ezr 4:9.