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Meaning and etymology of the Hebrew name Eldaah
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Eldaah 
The name Eldaah occurs only once in the Bible, as a son of Midian, son of Abraham with Keturah (Genesis 25:4).
The name Eldaah comes is a compilation of two elements. The first part is the word  (El)El, the common abbreviation of Elohim, the genus God.
The origin of the second part of the name Eldaah is unclear. Jones' Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names, NOBS Study Bible Name List and BDB Theological Dictionary seem to know of a verb that none of them lists, but which is supposed to be similar to a certain Arabian verb that means to call. Hence the meaning God Has Called.
Fuerst's Hebrew & Chaldee lexicon to the Old Testament and Klein's Etymological dictionary of the Hebrew Language relate to the Hebrew noun  (dea), meaning knowledge, which comes from the verb from  (yada) meaning to know.
What the original name giver meant to say with the name Eldaah (and in which language) is no longer clear. But for a Hebrew audience, the name Eldaah would have meant Knowledge Of God, or, slightly more daring: God Is Knowledge.
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