Ilai — the meaning of the Hebrew name עִילַי

עִילַי

ʻÎylay · pronounced ee-lah'-ee · Strong's H5866 · a man

Ilai means elevated.

Built from

עָלָה ʻâlâh (from, H5927) — to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount) open in the lexicon ›

from H5927; elevated; Ilai, an Israelite.

1Chr 11:29 Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite, (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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