{"def":{"lit":"eternity","short":"Elam, a son of Shem and his descendants, with their country; also of six Israelites","long":["(n pr m) a Korhite Levite in the time of David","a chief man of the tribe of Benjamin","ancestor of a family of exiles who returned with Zerubbabel","a chief of the people who signed the covenant with Nehemiah","another ancestor of another family of exiles who returned with Zerubbabel","a priest who assisted at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah","another head of a family of returning exiles","(n pr loc) a province east of Babylon and northeast of the lower Tigris"]},"deriv":"or עוֹלָם; (Ezra 10:2; Jeremiah 49:36), probably from H5956; hidden, i.e., distant","pronun":{"ipa":"ʕei̯ˈlɔːm","ipa_mod":"ʕei̯ˈlɑːm","sbl":"ʿêlām","dic":"ay-LAWM","dic_mod":"ay-LAHM"}}