Difference between revisions of "Eltolad"

<p> [many Et'tolad] (Hebrews Eltolad', אֶלְתּוֹלִד, perhaps meaning [[God]] is its [[Race]] or posterity; but, according to Furst ''[Hebr. Handw.'' s.v.], whose [[God]] is ''Mylitta,'' the Phoenician deity, (See [[Moladah]]); Sept. Ε᾿λθωδάδ and Ε᾿λθωλάθ v.r. Ε᾿ρβωυδάδ and Ε᾿ρθουλά; Vulg. ''Eltholad),'' a city in the south of Judah, mentioned between [[Azem]] and [[Chesil]] (&nbsp;Joshua 15:29), but afterwards assigned to Simeon, and mentioned between Azem and [[Bethul]] (&nbsp;Joshua 19:4). It remained in possession of the latter tribe in the time of David (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 4:29, where it is called simply TOLAD). It is possibly the ruined site Tell-Melaha, observed by [[Van]] de Velde (Memoir, page 113) along the N. branch of wady Sheriah, which empties into the [[Mediterranean]] a little S. of Gaza. </p>

<p> '''''el''''' -'''''tō´lad''''' ( אלתּולד , <i> ''''''eltōladh''''' </i> , "kindred of God"): A city of Judah in the [[Negeb]] near [[Edom]] (&nbsp;Joshua 15:30 ); in &nbsp;Joshua 19:4 ascribed to Simeon. Probably the same as Tolad (&nbsp; 1 Chronicles 4:29 ), the Arabic article "el" being omitted. Site unknown. </p>