Elihu
e.li.hu is a proper name used for the speaker who addresses Job and for men named in family and leadership lists.
The name most often identifies the man who becomes angry, waits to speak, and then addresses Job in the Job passages. It also occurs for men named within a genealogy, a list of Shemaiah's sons, a Judah assignment, and a verse about David's force.
Senses in use
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Name of the speaker in Job · dominant
The supplied morphology marks the form as a proper noun. In Job 32:2 the APB renders Elihu as becoming angry with Job; in Job 32:4, Job 32:5, and Job 32:6 it presents him as waiting, seeing that the three men have no answer, and then speaking. Job 34:1 and Job 36:1 continue the speech with formulas naming him as the one who answered or added words.
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Name in genealogical and list settings · common
The proper-noun form occurs in 1 Samuel 1:1 within Elkanah's ancestry, in 1 Chronicles 26:7 among Shemaiah's sons, and in 1 Chronicles 27:18 for Judah. In 1 Chronicles 12:21 the form appears in a verse about men helping David against a band, though the APB does not isolate the name's contribution in its translation.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB consistently presents the term as “Elihu” where it names the person, including genealogical, list, and speech contexts. Its wording does not establish more than this proper-name use.