HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H500
אֶלְעָלֵא
el.a.le — Elealeh
§ Elealeh = "God is ascending" a Reubenite village near Heshbon (in ruins)
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Elealeh
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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Historical dictionary entry
God has ascended, a place in the pastoral country east of Jordan, in the tribe of Reuben (Num. 32:3, 37). It is not again mentioned till the time of Isaiah (15:4; 16:9) and Jeremiah (48:34). It is now an extensive ruin called el-A’al, about one mile north-east of Heshbon.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.