אֶלְעָלֵא
ʼElʻâlêʼ · el-aw-lay'
Elale or Elaleh, a place east of the Jordan
Lexicon
Derivation: or (more properly) אֶלְעָלֵה; from H410 (אֵל) and H5927 (עָלָה); God (is) going up;
Elale or Elaleh, a place east of the Jordan
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Elealeh.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › authority, the one who leads › to see and know › authority, the one who leads › strength, the leader
Strength, the leader of authority, the one who leads that works to see and know of authority, the one who leads of strength, the leader.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אֶלְעָלֵא above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
5 occurrences · 5 OT · 0 NT · 4 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and elealeh4 · 80%
- even unto elealeh1 · 20%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.