e.li.sha.ma is used as a personal name for individuals in genealogies, leadership lists, royal records, and a scribal setting.

The attested form functions consistently as a proper personal name, identifying people in genealogical lists, the Ephraimite leader named with Ammihud, a royal-line ancestor, and a secretary in the king's house.

1. Personal name in lists and narratives · dominant

   The form is tagged "Noun · Proper" throughout. In Numbers 2:18 the APB renders an individual named as leader of the sons of Ephraim, while Numbers 7:48 names that individual as presenting an offering; 1 Chronicles 2:41 places the name at the end of a genealogical succession, and Jeremiah 36:12 identifies a secretary among royal officials.

   Numbers 2:18Numbers 7:48Numbers 10:221 Chronicles 2:41Jeremiah 36:122 Kings 25:25

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term as "Elishama" in personal names across lists and narratives, sometimes with a patronymic or title such as "Elishama the secretary." Those surrounding identifiers should not be treated as part of the term itself.