עֶגְלָהʻEglâh

proper name, feminine: wife of David (2 Samuel 3:5; 1 Chronicles 3:3)

Pronunciation: eg-law' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5698

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 2 times in the Bible.

  • 2 Samuel 3:5 The sixth was Ithream, whose mother was Eglah, David’s wife. These sons were all born to David in Hebron.
  • 1 Chronicles 3:3 The fifth was Shephatiah, whose mother was Abital. The sixth was Ithream, whose mother was Eglah, David’s wife.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).