Hebrew noun (masculine) · H361
אֵילָם
elamay-lawm'
arches
15 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ʼêylâm
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H361is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 1 of 39Old Testament books
- 10spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H361
a pillar-space (or colonnade), i.e. a pale (or portico)
The King James renders it: arch.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
elam is rendered "arches". It stands 15 times in the Hebrew text, across one book.
- Fifteen of the uses stand in Ezekiel, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Ezekiel 40:16The gate chambers and their side pillars had beveled windows all around the inside of the gateway. The porticos also had windows all around on the inside. Each side pillar was decorated with palm trees.
- The Greek text spells it ten different ways.
The first use
The gate chambers and their side pillars had beveled windows all around the inside of the gateway. The porticos also had windows all around on the inside. Each side pillar was decorated with palm trees.
Ezekiel 40:16לָאֵֽלַמּ֑וֹת
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Fifteen of the word's fifteen uses are in Ezekiel.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- and porches its10
- and to porches its3
- and porches1
- to the porches1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 15, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
10 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- וְאֵֽלַמָּיו֙4
- וְאֵלַמָּ֗יו2
- וּלְאֵלַמָּ֖יו2
- וְאֵֽילַמָּ֖יו1
- וְאֵ֣ילַמָּ֔יו1
- וְאֵֽלַמּ֖וֹת1
- וְאֵֽלַמָּ֖יו1
- וְאֵֽלַמָּ֔יו1
- וּלְאֵֽילַמָּיו֙1
- לָאֵֽלַמּ֑וֹת1
The grammar of each form
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular10HC/Ncmpc/Sp3ms
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular3HC/R/Ncmpc/Sp3ms
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural1HC/Ncfpa
- preposition with the article + noun · feminine plural1HRd/Ncfpa
Ezekiel
fifteen uses
The gate chambers and their side pillars had beveled windows all around the inside of the gateway. The porticos also had windows all around on the inside. Each side pillar was decorated with palm trees.
- לָאֵֽלַמּ֑וֹתlaelamotpreposition with the article + noun · feminine pluraltagged: to the porches
Its three gate chambers on each side, its side pillars, and its portico all had the same measurements as the first gate: fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.
- וְאֵֽלַמָּיו֙veelamovconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and porches its
Its windows, portico, and palm trees had the same measurements as those of the gate facing east. Seven steps led up to it, with its portico opposite them.
- וְאֵֽלַמָּיו֙veelamovconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and porches its
- וְאֵֽילַמָּ֖יוveeilamovconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and porches its
Then he led me to the south side, and I saw a gateway facing south. He measured its side pillars and portico, and they had the same measurements as the others.
- וְאֵ֣ילַמָּ֔יוveeilamovconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and porches its
Both the gateway and its portico had windows all around, like the other windows. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.
- וּלְאֵֽילַמָּיו֙uleeilamovconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and to porches its
Seven steps led up to it, and its portico was opposite them; it had palm trees on its side pillars, one on each side.
- וְאֵֽלַמָּ֖יוveelamovconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and porches its
Its gate chambers, side pillars, and portico had the same measurements as the others. Both the gateway and its portico had windows all around; it was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.
- וְאֵֽלַמָּיו֙veelamovconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and porches its
- וּלְאֵלַמָּ֖יוuleelamovconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and to porches its
(The porticoes around the inner court were twenty-five cubits long and five cubits deep.)
- וְאֵֽלַמּ֖וֹתveelamotconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: and porches
Its portico faced the outer court, and its side pillars were decorated with palm trees. Eight steps led up to it.
- וְאֵלַמָּ֗יוveelamavconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and porches its
Its gate chambers, side pillars, and portico had the same measurements as the others. Both the gateway and its portico had windows all around. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.
- וְאֵֽלַמָּיו֙veelamovconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and porches its
- וּלְאֵלַמָּ֖יוuleelamovconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and to porches its
Its portico faced the outer court, and its side pillars were decorated with palm trees on each side. Eight steps led up to it.
- וְאֵלַמָּ֗יוveelamovconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and porches its
as did its gate chambers, side pillars, and portico. It also had windows all around. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.
- וְאֵֽלַמָּ֔יוveelamovconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and porches its
The letters
Gematria 81· 641 mispar gadol
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.