How to Pronounce Elimelech
ee-LIHM-eh-lehk
Elimelech is pronounced ee-LIHM-eh-lehk (ɛˈlɪməlek): four syllables, stress on the second. Also heard: Eh-lee-MEH-lek, ih-LIM-uh-lek, eh-LIM-uh-lek.
What does Elimelech mean?
Elimelech means “my God is king”.
Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.
Who was Elimelech?
God his king, a man of the tribe of Judah, of the family of the Hezronites, and kinsman of Boaz, who dwelt in Bethlehem in the days of the judges. In consequence of a great dearth he, with his wife Naomi and his two sons, went to dwell in the land of Moab. There he and his sons died (Ruth 1:2, 3; 2:1, 3; 4:3, 9). Naomi afterwards returned to Palestine with her daughter Ruth.
Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.
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