Strong’s H500 · Hebrew

אֶלְעָלֵא
ʼElʻâlêʼ
el-aw-lay'

Definition

Elale or Elaleh, a place east of the Jordan

Etymology

or (more properly) אֶלְעָלֵה; from H410 (אֵל) and H5927 (עָלָה); God (is) going up;

Where the KJV renders it

  • Elealeh

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