Word Study · Strong's H362 · Hebrew
אֵילִם
elim
ay-leem'
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʼÊylim
“Elim, a place in the Desert”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Elim, a place in the Desert
Rendered in the KJV as
Elim.
- 6occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 2 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 6inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 6 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 6
- אֵילִ֖ם1
- אֵילִ֔מָה1
- אֵילִ֑מָה1
- וּ֠בְאֵילִם1
- מֵֽאֵילִ֔ם1
- מֵאֵילִ֑ם1
How it is rendered · 4
- Elim towards2
- from Elim2
- and [were] at Elim1
- Elim1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 4
- proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)2
- preposition + proper noun (a name)2
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)1
- proper noun (a name)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpl/Sd · 2
- HR/Npl · 2
- HC/R/Npl · 1
- HNpl · 1
All 6, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Exodus carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Exodus3 occurrences
- Exodus 15:27אֵילִ֔מָהʾeilimahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees, and they camped there by the waters.here: Elim towards
- Exodus 16:1מֵֽאֵילִ֔םmeeilimpreposition + proper noun (a name)On the fifteenth day of the second month after they had left the land of Egypt, the whole congregation of Israel set out from Elim and came to the Desert of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai.here: from Elim
- Exodus 16:1אֵילִ֖םʾeilimproper noun (a name)On the fifteenth day of the second month after they had left the land of Egypt, the whole congregation of Israel set out from Elim and came to the Desert of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai.here: Elim
Numbers3 occurrences
- Numbers 33:9אֵילִ֑מָהʾeilimahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)They set out from Marah and came to Elim, where there were twelve springs and seventy palm trees, and they camped there.here: Elim towards
- Numbers 33:9וּ֠בְאֵילִםuveeilimconjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)They set out from Marah and came to Elim, where there were twelve springs and seventy palm trees, and they camped there.here: and [were] at Elim
- Numbers 33:10מֵאֵילִ֑םmeeilimpreposition + proper noun (a name)They set out from Elim and camped by the Red Sea.here: from Elim