Elnaam — the meaning of the Hebrew name אֶלְנַעַם

אֶלְנַעַם

ʼElnaʻam · pronounced el-nah'-am · Strong's H493 · a man

Elnaam means God (is his) delight.

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אֵל ʼêl (from, H410) — strength open in the lexicon ›

נָעֵם nâʻêm (and, H5276) — to be agreeable (literally or figuratively) open in the lexicon ›

from H410 and H5276; God (is his) delight; Elnaam, an Israelite.

1Chr 11:46 Eliel the Mahavite, and Jeribai, and Joshaviah, the sons of Elnaam, and Ithmah the Moabite, (KJV)

1 occurrence in 1 verse — 1 Chronicles

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Definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); occurrences from the Westminster Leningrad Codex via Hebrew Explorer's interlinear.

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