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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - אֶלְקָנָה
אֶלְקָנָה
H511
Transliteration: ʼElqânâh
Pronunciation: el-kaw-naw'
Definition: Elkanah
Original: אלקנה Transliteration: 'elqânâh Phonetic: el-kaw-naw'
BDB Definition:
Elkanah = "God has possessed" or " God has created"- Samuel's father
- a ruler in Jerusalem in the time of king Ahaz
- one of David's mighty warriors
- son of Korah
- several Levites