The meaning of “אֶלְעָלֵא”
Understanding ʼElʻâlêʼ reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
or (more properly) אֶלְעָלֵה ʼElʻâlêh (el-aw-lay'); from אֵל and עָלָה; God (is) going up Elealeh. - § Elealeh = "God is...
אֶלְעָלֵא
or (more properly) אֶלְעָלֵה ʼElʻâlêh (el-aw-lay'); from אֵל and עָלָה; God (is) going up Elealeh. - § Elealeh = "God is ascending" - Elale or Elaleh, a place east of the Jordan 1) a Reubenite village near Heshbon (in ruins)
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Numbers 32:3 | “Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon,” Word: אֶלְעָלֵא (ʼElʻâlêʼ) | |
| Numbers 32:37 | “And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim,” Word: אֶלְעָלֵא (ʼElʻâlêʼ) | |
| Isaiah 15:4 | “And Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh: their voice shall be heard even unto Jahaz: therefore the armed soldiers of Moab shall cry out; his life shall be grievous unto him.” Word: אֶלְעָלֵא (ʼElʻâlêʼ) | |
| Isaiah 16:9 | “Therefore I will bewail with the weeping of Jazer the vine of Sibmah: I will water thee with my tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh: for the shouting for thy summer fruits and for thy harvest is fallen.” Word: אֶלְעָלֵא (ʼElʻâlêʼ) | |
| Jeremiah 48:34 | “From the cry of Heshbon even unto Elealeh, and even unto Jahaz, have they uttered their voice, from Zoar even unto Horonaim, as an heifer of three years old: for the waters also of Nimrim shall be desolate.” Word: אֶלְעָלֵא (ʼElʻâlêʼ) |