hebrew #414 - אֵלָא Ela (an Israelite)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

A variation of 'elah; oak; Ela, an Israelite -- Elah.

see HEBREW 'elah

Englishman's Concordance

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. אלה (assumed as √ of אֵל, (אֱלוֺהַּ) אֱלֹהִיםgod, God, but question intricate, & conclusions dubious It is uncertain whether אֵל & אֱלֹהִים are from the same √. Following are the chief theories:

1. a. Thes makes אֵל & אֱלֹהִים distinct, and both really primitive, but associates אֵל in treatment with אֵלstrong, Participle of √ אול; strong, according to Thes, being derived from meaning be in front of; (different order in Lex. Man., Rob-Ges);

b.אֵל & אֱלֹהִים distinct; former from אולstrong; latter plural of אֱלֹהַּ from √ [אלהּ]= () go to and fro in perplexity or fear, hence אֱלֹהַּfear & object of fear, reverence, revered one; =פחד אלtrepide confugere adHosea 3:5; אלהים=פחדGenesis 31:42=מוֺרָאIsaiah 8:13 De^{Gn 1887,48} (compare σέβασμα, post-Biblical Hebrewיִרְאָה NHWB; Aramaic דַּחֲלָא CWB); so De following Fl in De^{Gn ed. 4, 57}, compare MV.

2אֵל & אֱלֹהִים possibly connected; אֵל=leader, lord, from √ אולbe in front; so Nö^{MBAk 1880, 760 f; SBAk 1882, 1175 f.}

3. a.אֵל & אֱלֹהִים connected, & both from a √ אלה (=אלהּ) to which is assigned meaning strong; so Ew^{§ 146 d, 178 b (see also Jahrbücher d. bibl. Wiss. x. 11, Bibl. Theol. ii. 330)};

b.אֵל from √ אלהstrong (not אלהּ), & אֱלֹהִים expanded from אֵל, compare plural אֲמָהוֺת from אמה etc.; so Di on Genesis 1:1; he supports meaning strong by reference to phrase יֵשׁ לְאֵל יָדִיGenesis 31:29 and elsewhere;

c.similarly, אֵל, being very early & common Shemitic word, formed plural אלהים, from which singular אֱלוֺהַּ was afterwards inferred, Nes^{Theol. Stud. a. Württ., 1882, 243} (criticized by Nö^{SBA 1.c}.).

4אֵל (אֱלוֺהַּ, אֱלֹהִים disregarded) from √ אלהstretch out to, reach after (compare preposition אֵל, אֱלִי, also אָלָהswear), God as the one whom men strive to reach, 'das Ziel aller Menschensehnsucht und alles Menschenstrebens,' Lag^{Or. ii. 3; Gn 1882:173=M 96}. — compare Spurrell^{Hebrew Text of Genesis, App. ii}, where all these views are stated somewhat more fully, & briefly criticized; on the use of אֵל & אֱלֹהַּ in Shemitic languages see, exhaustively, Nö^{MBAk, SBAk, 1.c}.).

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 414. אֵלָא (Ela) — 1 Occurrence

1 Kings 4:18
HEB:שִׁמְעִ֥י בֶן־ אֵלָ֖א בְּבִנְיָמִֽן׃ ס
NAS: Shimei the son of Ela, in Benjamin;
KJV: Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin:
INT: Shimei the son of Ela Benjamin

1 Kings 4:18
HEB:שִׁמְעִ֥י בֶן־ אֵלָ֖א בְּבִנְיָמִֽן׃ ס
NAS: Shimei the son of Ela, in Benjamin;
KJV: Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin:
INT: Shimei the son of Ela Benjamin