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5/25/2011, 5:07 AM Hilla

Name El'ad
Gender Masculine
Usage Hebrew
Scripts אֶלְעָד(Hebrew)
Pronounced Pron. /ʔel.ˈad/, /ʔel.ˈʔad/
Other Forms Forms'El'ad, ʾElʿāḏ (SBL academic), ʾElʿad (ISO 259-2), El'od (Ashkenazi)
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Meaning & History

Means "God is an eternity" in Hebrew, from אֵל (ʾēl) "God, the supreme deity, esp. the God of Israel" and עַד (ʿaḏ) "an eternity".

See also the Hebrew name Adel, which uses the same elements but in reverse order (cf. Nathanael and Elnathan for another Hebrew example of this phenomenon).

In the Bible ʾElʿāḏ was a member of the Tribe of Ephraim who was murdered by the Gat people.

Elad is also the name of a large settlement in central Israel.
Added 5/25/2011 by Hilla