BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3281
ya.lam — Jalam
A man of the Edomites living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.36.5; son of: Esau (H6215) and Oholibamah (H0173); brother of: Jeush (H3266) and Korah (H7141); half-brother of: Eliphaz (H0464) and Reuel (H7467) § Jaalam = "concealed" an Edomite, descendant of Esau
4 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3279
ya.a.la — Jaalah
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.2.56; also called Jaala at Neh.7.58; § Jaala or Jaalah = "ascending" the head of a family of the descendants of Solomon's slaves who returned from exile with Zerubbabel
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →A wild she-goat, one of the Nethinim, whose descendants returned from the Captivity (Neh. 7:58).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
