Hebrew word · H508

אֶלְפַּ֫עַל

'elpa'al

Elpaal

Appears 3 times in 3 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament.

What it means

A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ch.8.11;

son of: Shaharaim (H7842) and Hushim (H2366A);

brother of: Jobab (H3103J), Zibia (H6644), Mesha (H4331), Malcam (H4445A), Jeuz (H3263), Sachia (H7634), Mirmah (H4821) and Abitub (H0036);

father of: Eber (H5677I), Misham (H4936), Shemed (H8106B), Beriah (H1283I), Shema (H8087I), Zebadiah (H2069H), Meshullam (H4918J), Hizki (H2395), Heber (H2268J), Ishmerai (H3461), Izliah (H3152), Jobab (H3103K)

§ Elpaal = "God is maker"

a Benjamite

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

Where it appears

1 Chronicles · 3

  1. 1 Chronicles 8:11 אֶלְפָּֽעַל׃ Elpaal

    He also had sons by Hushim: Abitub and Elpaal.

  2. 1 Chronicles 8:12 אֶלְפַּ֔עַל Elpaal

    The sons of Elpaal: Eber, Misham, Shemed (who built Ono and Lod with its villages),

  3. 1 Chronicles 8:18 אֶלְפָּֽעַל׃ Elpaal

    Ishmerai, Izliah, and Jobab were the sons of Elpaal.

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