אֵילַת

אֵילַת proper name, of a location (lofty tree (s collective?) i.e. palms? compare Di Gen 14:6) town & harbour, northeast arm of Red Sea, hence called lanitic Gulf (= Gulf of Akaba, from neighbouring fortress) Deut 2:8; 2Kgs 14:22; 2Kgs 16:6 (twice in verse) (perhaps later designation for fuller איל פארן q. v.) = ᵐ5 Αἰλων, Αἰλαθ Greek Αἰλανα etc.; = אֵלָה (? Gen 36:41 see Di), אֵילוֺת below

אֵילוֺת proper name, of a location id. (grove of lofty trees (palms?)) 1Kgs 9:26; 2Kgs 16:6; 2Chr 8:17; 2Chr 26:2 (compare אֵיל פָּאוָן, אֵילַת).