Hebrew word · H497

אֶלְעָדָה

ve'el'adah

Eleadah

A name built from El ('God') and a verb. It is usually taken to be ʿadah, 'to adorn', giving 'God has adorned'. Some take the verb ʿud/ʿed instead, giving 'God has testified'. Elead in verse 21 (אֶלְעָד) is a related but separate name.

Appears once in the Hebrew Old Testament.

What it means

A man of the tribe of Ephraim living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.7.20;

son of: Tahath (H8480I);

father of: Tahath (H8480J); also called in KJV: Eladah;

§ Eladah = "God has adorned"

a descendant of Ephraim

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

In depth

From the study of 1 Chronicles 7:20

Range of meaning: A name built from El ('God') and a verb. It is usually taken to be ʿadah, 'to adorn', giving 'God has adorned'. Some take the verb ʿud/ʿed instead, giving 'God has testified'. Elead in verse 21 (אֶלְעָד) is a related but separate name.
Against the English: BSB and WEB write 'Eleadah'. KJV and YLT write 'Eladah'. Both are acceptable ways to spell out the Hebrew in English letters.
Used elsewhere in the period: It occurs only here. Names of the same type, with 'El' plus a verb, are very common in Israelite and wider West Semitic names (e.g. Eleazar, Elnathan).

Similar words

אֶלְעָד ve'el'ad · Elead

Where it appears

1 Chronicles · 1

1 Chronicles 7:20 וְאֶלְעָדָ֥ה and Eleadah

The descendants of Ephraim: Shuthelah, Bered his son, Tahath his son, Eleadah his son, Tahath his son,

Here: A name containing 'El', the word for God. It is usually explained as 'God has adorned' (from ʿadah, 'to adorn'). Some read it as 'God has testified'. Either way the name honours God. He appears only here.

Word data: STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0), main text only.