{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H5867",
  "lemma": "עֵילָם",
  "transliteration": "ʻÊylâm",
  "definition": "Elam, a son of Shem and his descendants, with their country; also of six Israelites",
  "kjv": "Elam.",
  "occurrences": 28,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "H5956",
      "lemma": "עָלַם",
      "transliteration": "ʻâlam",
      "meaning": "to veil from sight, i.e. conceal",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H5956"
    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "עֵילָם n.pr.m.",
    "1. heads of families of returned exiles",
    "2. a chief of people",
    "3. name in Benjamin",
    "4. Levite name",
    "5. a priest",
    "עֵילָם n.pr.gent",
    "עֵילָם n.pr.gent. et terr. Elam"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 10:22",
      "text": "The sons of Shem were: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/10?v=22"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 14:1",
      "text": "In the days of Amraphel, king of Shinar; Arioch, king of Ellasar; Chedorlaomer, king of Elam; and Tidal, king of Goiim,",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/14?v=1"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 14:9",
      "text": "against Chedorlaomer king of Elam, Tidal king of Goiim, Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/14?v=9"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 11:11",
      "text": "It will happen in that day that the Lord will set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant that is left of…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/11?v=11"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 21:2",
      "text": "A grievous vision is declared to me. The treacherous man deals treacherously, and the destroyer destroys. Go up, Elam…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/21?v=2"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 22:6",
      "text": "Elam carried his quiver, with chariots of men and horsemen; and Kir uncovered the shield.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/22?v=6"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Jeremiah 25:25",
      "text": "and all the kings of Zimri, all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes;",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/25?v=25"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Jeremiah 49:34",
      "text": "The LORD’s word that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/49?v=34"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Jeremiah 49:35",
      "text": "“The LORD of Hosts says: ‘Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/49?v=35"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Jeremiah 49:36",
      "text": "I will bring on Elam the four winds from the four quarters of the sky, and will scatter them toward all those winds…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/49?v=36"
    }
  ],
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