el.a.le is a proper name used for a place listed, built, and addressed among other locations.

The attested form is a proper name for a place: it occurs in lists of locations and in statements concerning that place alongside other named places, including cries, mourning, and building.

1. Place name in lists and place-related statements · dominant

   Each occurrence is tagged Noun · Proper. In Numbers 32:3 the APB renders it within a list of places, and in Numbers 32:37 it renders the sons of Reuben building it with Heshbon and Kiriathaim; Isaiah 15:4, Isaiah 16:9, and Jeremiah 48:34 place it among named locations in cries and lament.

   Numbers 32:3Numbers 32:37Isaiah 15:4Isaiah 16:9Jeremiah 48:34

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the form as “Elealeh” in every supplied verse, whether in a place list, a building statement, or clauses of crying and mourning. It confirms the place-name presentation rather than supplying a lexical definition.