{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H511",
  "lemma": "אֶלְקָנָה",
  "transliteration": "ʼElqânâh",
  "definition": "Elkanah, the name of several Israelites",
  "kjv": "Elkanah.",
  "occurrences": 21,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "H410",
      "lemma": "אֵל",
      "transliteration": "ʼêl",
      "meaning": "strength",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H410"
    },
    {
      "id": "H7069",
      "lemma": "קָנָה",
      "transliteration": "qânâh",
      "meaning": "to erect, i.e. create",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H7069"
    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "אֶלְקָנָה n.pr.m. (God has created, or taken possession)",
    "a. father of Samuel",
    "b. son of Korah",
    "c. a ruler in Jerusalem in the time of Ahaz",
    "d. one of David’s warriors",
    "e. several Levites"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 6:24",
      "text": "The sons of Korah: Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph; these are the families of the Korahites.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/6?v=24"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 1:1",
      "text": "Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim Zophim, of the hill country of Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/1?v=1"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 1:4",
      "text": "When the day came that Elkanah sacrificed, he gave portions to Peninnah his wife and to all her sons and her daughters;",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/1?v=4"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 1:8",
      "text": "Elkanah her husband said to her, “Hannah, why do you weep? Why don’t you eat? Why is your heart grieved? Am I not…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/1?v=8"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 1:19",
      "text": "They rose up in the morning early and worshiped the LORD, then returned and came to their house to Ramah. Then Elkanah…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/1?v=19"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 1:21",
      "text": "The man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer to the LORD the yearly sacrifice and his vow.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/1?v=21"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 1:23",
      "text": "Elkanah her husband said to her, “Do what seems good to you. Wait until you have weaned him; only may the LORD…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/1?v=23"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 2:11",
      "text": "Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. The child served the LORD before Eli the priest.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/2?v=11"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 2:20",
      "text": "Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, “May the LORD give you offspring from this woman for the petition which was…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/2?v=20"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Chronicles 6:8",
      "text": "Elkanah his son, Ebiasaph his son, Assir his son,",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-chronicles/6?v=8"
    }
  ],
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