Eglah (Hastings' Dictionary)

One of the wives of David, and mother of Ithream (2 S 3'). Both here and in 1 Ch 3^ she is distinguished by the title ' David's wife.' Jewish tradition (cf. Jer. Qutest. Heb. in libros Begum) identified E. with Michal, since the latter was his fir.st and best-loved wife. More probably the name of E.'s first husband is con- cealed in the word ' David.' J. F. Stennino. EGLAIM (D-^iN), Is 15'. — Noticed with Moab. The name has not been recovered. In the Ono- masticon (a.v.

Agallim) it is placed 8 Roman miles south of Areopolis. C. R. Conder. EGLATH-SHELISHIT&H (.t?>V f^K} occurs in an ancient oracle against Moab, which is quoted in Is 15' and Jer 48". In both these passages RV takes the word to be a proper name, giving in margin the alternative tr° ' [as] an heifer of tnree years old,' which is AV in Jer 48** and AVm in Is 15'. In the latter passage, A V text omits '[as].'

It is still somewhat uncertain whether the word is an appellative or a proper name, although the ]att«r view has commended itself to the majority of modem scholars (Ewald, Reuss, Graf, Rothstein in Kautzsch's A.T. etc.) Delitzsch {Isaiah, ad loc.) defends the rendering of AV and Luther, laying stress upon the fact that both in Is and Jer '7if' 'y^ occurs asyndetically. He points out that it might be an appellative of Moab (cf.

* Having given ' earnest ' as one meaning of ' effectual ' when used of prayers, the Oi^f. Eng. Diet. («.p.) adds: 'Of. Anglo- Lat. effectuose suirplicantfs "earnestly entreating," a.d. 1229 in Rymer, I. 308. Perhaus this use was originally due to confusion with affectual; but the translators of AV ingeniously availed themselves of it in Ja 6ii to render Gr. iHp>«fum.' It is to be observe<I, howexer, that AV uses two words, 'effectual fervent,' for this one Or. word. Tindale'i tr.

ia ' if it be fer\-ent.' Jer 46™ 50", Hos 4" 10", in all of which ' heifer is similarly used), but thinks it more probahle that the reference is to Zoar (Is) or Horonaim (Jer) as beautiful, strong, and hitherto unsubdued cities. In Is 15' after 'Z-qyuip (Zoar) LXX has ddjuaXts yiip i(jTtv rpierTjs, referring to Moab. In Jer 48 [Gr. 31] ** the MSS show a perple.\ing variety of readings (see Swete). B has, after HorDnaim, Kai dyveWav SaXacrtid. Aq. and Symm.

, however, had 5d/xa\is rpimis (see Field). Literature. — Comm. on Is and Jer ; BaudlsaiQ In SK, 1888, p. 609 ff.; Dietrich lo Ment" Arehiv, i. 8420. J. A. Selbie.