Lexical Definition

‎אֶלֶף‎ ʼEleph (eh'-lef) Haeleph ^N:N--L
the same as ‎אֶלֶף‎

Eleph.

• § Eleph = "thousand"
• Eleph, a place in Palestine

1) a city in the territory of Benjamin

Brown-Driver-Briggs

III. ‎אֶ֫לֶף‎ proper name, of a location city in Benjamin, ‎׳‎‎הָא‎ Josh 18:28 perhaps Lifta northwest from Jerusalem Survey^{iii. 18} (compare II. ‎אֶלֶף‎ 2 for probably meaning).

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Haeleph • A town allotted to the tribe of Benjamin.

Haeleph was a town allotted to the tribe of Benjamin (Joshua 18:28).

• A location only mentioned at Jos.18.28;
• only referred to as Haeleph אֶלֶף.
  

Haeleph was a town mentioned in the list of cities and towns allotted to the tribe of Benjamin during the division of the Promised Land. It is listed among the towns in the vicinity of Jerusalem, along with Zelah, Eleph, Jebusi (Jerusalem), Gibeah, and Kirjath-jearim (Joshua 18:28). Apart from this single mention in the book of Joshua, no further information about Haeleph is provided in the Bible. Its exact location and history remain uncertain, as the town is not mentioned in any other biblical accounts or in known extra-biblical sources. The inclusion of Haeleph in the list of Benjamin's towns suggests that it was a settlement of some significance during the time of Joshua and the initial division of the land among the Israelite tribes.

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