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Job 32:4

“Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they were elder than he.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

אֱלִיהוּʼĔlîyhûw · el-ee-hoo'
H453 · Hebrew
Definition
Elihu, the name of one of Job's friends, and of three Israelites
Derivation
or (fully) אֱלִיהוּא; from H410 (אֵל) and H1931 (הוּא); God of him;
KJV renderings
Elihu.
Grammar
  • וֶֽ — conjunction
  • אֱלִיה֗וּ — proper noun
Code HC/Np
Usage
Occurs 11 times in the Hebrew Bible.1 Samuel 1:11 Chronicles 12:211 Chronicles 26:71 Chronicles 27:18Job 32:2

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read אֱלִיהוּ here.

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Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.