Every Name in Tanakh

עֶגְלָה Eglah

Every verse in which this name stands — 2 places, in canonical order, first appearance to last. These are the occurrences our own corpus tags as this name, counting every form the text writes it in, which is the number on the list.

PersonGematria 108×2 named in TanakhFirst appearance:

A wife of David. The name stands twice in the Tanakh, first at 2 Samuel 3:5 and last at 1 Chronicles 3:3.

2 Samuel 3:5שמואל ב ג:ה

וְהַשִּׁשִּׁי יִתְרְעָם לְעֶגְלָה אֵשֶׁת דָּוִד אֵלֶּה יֻלְּדוּ לְדָוִד בְּחֶבְרֽוֹן

and the sixth, Ithream, of Eglah David’s wife. These were born to David in Hebron.

1 Chronicles 3:3דברי הימים א ג:ג

הַחֲמִישִׁי שְׁפַטְיָה לַאֲבִיטָל הַשִּׁשִּׁי יִתְרְעָם לְעֶגְלָה אִשְׁתּֽוֹ

the fifth, Shephatiah of Abital; the sixth, Ithream by Eglah his wife.

Quick answers

What is the gematria of Eglah?

Eglah — עגלה in Hebrew — has a gematria of 108 in the standard method.

How many times is Eglah named in the Tanakh?

2 times, first at 2 Samuel 3:5.

A spelling is not a name. The written word לעגלה stands 2 times in the corpus, which is a different question and often a different number: the same letters can spell another name or an ordinary word, and a name written with a particle attached is a word that search never returns. It is here, as itself.

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