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# אֶלְנָתָן

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H494

**Elnathan** — used 7 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

Elnathan [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/494/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

**The whole BDB entry:** (God has given, cf. נְתַנְאֵל, & Assyrian Ilu-iddin DlPr 207, Ph. בעליתן, יתנבעל, Palm. עתנתן, והבלת VogPal. 30 & p. 31 f, Nab. והבאל, קסנתן EutNab12, 1, Sab. והבאל, אלוהב DHMZMG 1883, 15, 361, 388 CISiv. 1, 1.2.6, Theodore, Diodate). the grandfather of Jehoiakim 2 K 24:8; cf. Je 26:22; 36:12, 25(?). Levites of the time of Ezra Ezr 8:16(×3).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 5 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: Elnathan (6); of Elnathan (1).

## In the verses

[Jeremiah 26:22](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.26.22/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.26.22/#tree)

וַיִּשְׁלַ֞ח הַמֶּ֧לֶךְ יְהוֹיָקִ֛ים אֲנָשִׁ֖ים מִצְרָ֑יִם אֵ֣ת אֶלְנָתָ֧ן בֶּן־עַכְבּ֛וֹר וַאֲנָשִׁ֥ים אִתּ֖וֹ אֶל־מִצְרָֽיִם׃

*Word for word:* and he.sent the king Jehoiakim men Egypt (et) Elnathan the.son of.Achbor and men with him to Egypt

*JPS 1917:* and Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, Elnathan the son of Achbor, and certain men with him, into Egypt;

[Jeremiah 36:25](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.36.25/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.36.25/#tree)

וְגַם֩ אֶלְנָתָ֨ן וּדְלָיָ֤הוּ וּגְמַרְיָ֙הוּ֙ הִפְגִּ֣עוּ בַמֶּ֔לֶךְ לְבִלְתִּ֥י שְׂרֹ֖ף אֶת־הַמְּגִלָּ֑ה וְלֹ֥א שָׁמַ֖ע אֲלֵיהֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* and also Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah they.had.made.entreaty with the king to not to.burn (et) the scroll and not he.listened to them

*JPS 1917:* Moreover Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had entreated the king not to burn the roll; but he would not hear them.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/494/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).