or mOwlam (Ezra 10:2; Jeremiah 49:36) {o-lawm'}; probably from H5956; hidden, i.e. distant; Elam, a son of Shem and his descendants, with their country; also of six Israelites:--Elam.
Elam = "eternity" n pr m
a Korhite Levite in the time of David
a chief man of the tribe of Benjamin
ancestor of a family of exiles who returned with Zerubbabel
a chief of the people who signed the covenant with Nehemiah
another ancestor of another family of exiles who returned with Zerubbabel
a priest who assisted at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah
another head of a family of returning exiles n pr loc
a province east of Babylon and northeast of the lower Tigris
