elam · portico, porch

What it means

elam (אֵילָם) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “portico, porch”.

Portico, colonnade: a covered space with pillars at the entrance of a building.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. A covered space with columns at the entrance.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Where it appears

• Ezekiel 40:16

  And there were closed windows toward the guardrooms and toward their pilasters inside the gate all around, and likewise for the porticoes; and windows all around, inside; and on each pilaster were palm trees.

• Ezekiel 40:21

  And its guardrooms, three on this side and three on that side, and its pilasters and its porticoes were according to the measure of the first gate; fifty cubits its length, and the width twenty-five cubits.

• Ezekiel 40:22

  And its windows and its porticoes and its palm trees were according to the measure of the gate that faced toward the east; and by seven steps they went up to it, and its porticoes were in front of them.

• Ezekiel 40:24

  And he led me toward the south, and look, a gate toward the south; and he measured its pilasters and its porticoes according to these measures.

• Ezekiel 40:25

  And there were windows in it and in its porticoes all around, like these windows; the length, fifty cubits, and the width, twenty-five cubits.

• Ezekiel 40:26

  And seven steps were its ascent, and its porticoes were in front of them; and it had palm trees, one on this side and one on that side, on its pilasters.

• Ezekiel 40:29

  And its guardrooms and its pilasters and its porticoes were according to these measures; and there were windows in it and in its porticoes all around; the length, fifty cubits, and the width, twenty-five cubits.

• Ezekiel 40:30

  And there were porticoes all around, the length, twenty-five cubits, and the width, five cubits.

• Ezekiel 40:31

  And its porticoes faced the outer court, and palm trees were on its pilasters, and eight steps were its ascent.

• Ezekiel 40:33

  And its guardrooms and its pilasters and its porticoes were according to these measures; and there were windows in it and in its porticoes all around; the length, fifty cubits, and the width, twenty-five cubits.

• Ezekiel 40:34

  And its porticoes faced the outer court, and palm trees were on its pilasters, on this side and on that side, and eight steps were its ascent.

• Ezekiel 40:36

  its guardrooms, its pilasters, and its porticoes; and it had windows all around; the length, fifty cubits, and the width, twenty-five cubits.

And 3 more times.