Bible Person
Meaning: an oak; a curse; perjury · Male · 2 cross references
Elah is an Edomite chief-name preserved in the late lists of Esau's descendants. It belongs to the recorded leadership structure of Edom. First appears in Gen 36:41.1
AI summary: Elah matters because the cross references place the name within the succession of Edomite chiefs, showing that neighboring peoples too are remembered in ordered political terms. Even a brief chief-list entry contributes to the dynastic texture of the wider biblical world. Taken together, the material presents Elah as an Edomite chief-name whose place supports the recorded structure of Esau's house.1
Central Figure
Elah
Meaning: an oak; a curse; perjury
One of the Edomite chiefs or “dukes” of Mount Seir (Gen.
One of the Edomite chiefs or “dukes” of Mount Seir (Gen. 36:41). 3
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, person metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.