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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - אֵלִיָּה
אֵלִיָּה
H452
Transliteration: ʼÊlîyâh
Pronunciation: ay-lee-yaw'
Definition: Elijah
Original: אליּהוּ אליּה Transliteration: 'êlı̂yâh 'êlı̂yâhû Phonetic: ay-lee-yaw'
BDB Definition:
Elijah or Eliah = "my God is Jehovah" or " Yah(u) is God"- the great prophet of the reign of Ahab
- Benjamite son of Jeroham
- a son of Elam with foreign wife during exile
- a son of Harim, and priest, with foreign wife during exile