Study Dictionary
Ulam
In Bible versions:
Ulam: NET AVS NIV NRSV NASB TEV
a man of Sheresh of Manasseh
son of Eshek of Benjamin
the porch; the court; their strength; their folly
son of Eshek of Benjamin
the porch; the court; their strength; their folly
Hebrew
Strongs #0198: Mlwa 'Uwlam
Ulam = "their leader: vestibule"1) a Manassite
2) a Benjamite of Saul's family
198 'Uwlam oo-lawm'
appar, from 481 (in the sense of dumbness); solitary; Ulam,the name of two Israelites:-Ulam.
see HEBREW for 0481
ULAM [SMITH]
(porch).- A descendant of Gilead, the grandson of Manasseh and father of Bedan. (1 Chronicles 7:17) (B.C. 1450.)
- The first-born of Eshek, a descendant of the house of Saul. (1 Chronicles 8:39,40) (B.C. 588.)
ULAM [ISBE]
ULAM - u'-lam ('ulam, "preceding"):(1) A "son"of Peresh; a Manassite clan (1 Ch 7:16,17). Lucian reads Elam.
(2) A descendant of Benjamin who had sons, "mighty men of valor" (1 Ch 8:39,40). The Septuagint's Codex Vaticanus has Ailam in 1 Ch 8:39 and Aileim in 8:40; Codex Alexandrinus has Oulam in both verses, and so Lucian.