Elim
e.lim is the proper name of a stopping place reached from Marah and departed on the way toward the wilderness of Sin and the Red Sea.
The attested forms function as the proper name of a stopping place: arrivals there, camping there, departures from it, and its position between other locations are all described in the supplied verses.
Senses in use
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Named stopping place in travel and camping · dominant
All attested forms are tagged Noun · Proper and identify the same place in travel notices. In Exodus 15:27 the APB renders arrival there, twelve springs, seventy palm trees, and camping beside the water; Numbers 33:9 likewise renders arrival from Marah and camping there, while Exodus 16:1 and Numbers 33:10 render departure from the place.
In the Anselm Paraphrase: The APB presents the name as "Elim" in arrival, departure, location, and camping clauses. Because the paraphrase is not word-aligned, these renderings are treated as the verse-level presentation of the proper name.