Word Study · Strong's H5698 · Hebrew

עֶגְלָה

Eglah

eg-law'

Strong's 1890 spelling: ʻEglâh

“Eglah, a wife of David”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

Eglah, a wife of David

Rendered in the KJV as

Eglah.

2
occurrencesin the Old Testament
2 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
2
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 2 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 2

לְעֶגְלָ֖ה1
לְעֶגְלָ֥ה1

How it is rendered · 2

of Eglah1
to Eglah1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 1

preposition + proper noun (a name)2

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HR/Npf · 2

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The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

2 Samuel1 of 2 · 50%
1 Chronicles1 of 2 · 50%

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2 Samuel1 occurrence

2 Samuel 3:5לְעֶגְלָ֖הleeglahpreposition + proper noun (a name)and his sixth was Ithream, by David’s wife Eglah. These sons were born to David in Hebron.here: of Eglah

1 Chronicles1 occurrence

1 Chronicles 3:3לְעֶגְלָ֥הleeglahpreposition + proper noun (a name)the fifth was Shephatiah by Abital; and the sixth was Ithream by his wife Eglah.here: to Eglah

Same headword in Strong's

Hebrew words spelled עֶגְלָה

H5697 · 14×

עֶגְלָה

eglah

“a (female) calf, especially one nearly grown (i.e. a heifer)”

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