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Elkoshite

The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia

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Obscure ethnic or patronymic name of the prophet Nahum (Nahum 1:1). According to Jerome, Elkosh, the birthplace of the prophet, was the name of a village in Galilee; according to others, of a village to the east of the Jordan. Peiser ("Zeitschrift für die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft," 7:349) thinks the name is derived from "?osh," name of an Assyrian divinity. ?im?i and Ibn Ezra explained it as being either ethnic or patronymic; in the latter case "Elkosh" may be compared with "Kish," the father of Saul (1 Samuel 9:1).

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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Elkoshite'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tje/​e/elkoshite.html. 1901.
 
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