Hebrew word · H5698

עֶגְלָה

le'eglah

Eglah

Appears 2 times in 2 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament.

What it means

A woman living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.3.5; married to David (H1732);

mother of: Ithream (H3507)

§ Eglah = "a heifer"

a wife of David and mother of Ithream

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

2 Samuel · 1

  1. 2 Samuel 3:5 לְעֶגְלָ֖ה of Eglah

    and his sixth was Ithream, by David’s wife Eglah. These sons were born to David in Hebron.

1 Chronicles · 1

  1. 1 Chronicles 3:3 לְעֶגְלָ֥ה to Eglah

    the fifth was Shephatiah by Abital; and the sixth was Ithream by his wife Eglah.

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