el.qa.nah is a personal name used for men identified in family records, household narrative, and public service.

The term functions throughout the supplied verses as a proper personal name. It identifies men in genealogical and family records, the husband and household figure in the 1 Samuel narrative, and individuals named in gatekeeping or royal-service contexts.

1. Personal name in family, narrative, and service settings · dominant

   The form is tagged as a proper noun in every supplied occurrence. In 1 Samuel 1:1 the APB renders a man introduced by name and ancestry; in 1 Samuel 1:4 and 1 Samuel 1:21 it names the man who sacrifices and goes up with his household. The same personal designation occurs in family listings in Exodus 6:24, in gatekeeping in 1 Chronicles 15:23, and for the king's second in 2 Chronicles 28:7.

   1 Samuel 1:11 Samuel 1:41 Samuel 1:21Exodus 6:241 Chronicles 15:232 Chronicles 28:7

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across many supplied verses, the APB presents the proper name as “Elkanah,” including the household scenes in 1 Samuel. Some genealogy verses containing the form do not visibly show the name in the supplied APB wording, so the translation cannot be read as a gloss of the term.