Lexicon
אֶלְתְּקֵא
el.te.qe
H0514
N:N--L Hebrew

Eltekeh

2
Occurrences
1
Books
Hebrew
Language

el.te.qe is a proper name used for a place listed among locations in Joshua.

The attested forms function as a proper place name: Joshua 19:44 lists it among locations, and Joshua 21:23 names it among places given from the tribe of Dan with pasture.

Senses in use

  1. Place named in Joshua’s location lists · dominant

    Both forms are tagged Noun · Proper. In Joshua 19:44 the APB renders it within a sequence of named places, “And Eltekeh and Gibbethon and Baalath”; in Joshua 21:23 it is named among places given from the tribe of Dan, with “its pasture” in the surrounding clause.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the name as “Eltekeh” in both verses, first in a list of places and then in a statement about places given from the tribe of Dan. The verse is read as a whole.

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