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H5867

עילם

iyalam
proper locative noun, proper masculine noun
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Probably from עלם (H5956)

or עולם ʻÔwlâm; (Ezra 10:2; Jeremiah 49:36), probably from H5956; hidden, i.e. distant; Elam, a son of Shem and his descendants, with their country; also of six Israelites:—Elam.

Outline

  1. Elam = "eternity"
  2. proper masculine noun
    1. a Korhite Levite in the time of David
    2. a chief man of the tribe of Benjamin
    3. ancestor of a family of exiles who returned with Zerubbabel
    4. a chief of the people who signed the covenant with Nehemiah
    5. another ancestor of another family of exiles who returned with Zerubbabel
    6. a priest who assisted at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah
    7. another head of a family of returning exiles
    8. proper locative noun
    9. a province east of Babylon and northeast of the lower Tigris

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