Lexical Definition

‎תּוֹלָד‎ Tôwlâd (to-lawd') Tolad ^N:N--L
from ‎יָלַד‎; posterity

Tolad. Compare ‎אֶלְתּוֹלַד‎.

• § Tolad = "generation"
• Tolad, a place in Palestine

1) a town in Simeon
1a) also 'El-tolad'

Extended Information

• also 'El-tolad'

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎תּוֺלָ֑ד‎ proper name, of a location in Simeon 1Chr 4:29, ᵐ5 Θουλαεμ, A Θωλαδ, ᵐ5^L Θολαθ; apparently = ‎אֶלְתּוֺלַד‎ q. v. above.

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Tolad • Town in the territory of Simeon

Tolad, a town allotted to the tribe of Simeon (1 Chr. 4:29).

• A location near Beersheba בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע only mentioned at 1Ch.4.29;
• only referred to as Tolad תּוֹלָד.
  

Tolad is mentioned in 1 Chronicles 4:29 as one of the towns allotted to the tribe of Simeon during the division of the Promised Land. It is listed along with other Simeonite towns such as Balah, Ezem, and Bethuel. The exact location of Tolad is unknown, but it was likely situated in the Negev region, in the southern part of Judah's territory. In Joshua 19:4, a town named El-tolad is mentioned among the towns given to Simeon, which may be the same as Tolad.

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