From 'el and dowd; God has loved; Eldad, an Israelite -- Eldad.
see HEBREW 'el
see HEBREW dowd
H419. Eldad
אֶלְדָּד proper name, masculine (God has loved, compare Sabean ורראל DHMZMG 1883. 15; see also יְדִידְיָה) one of the elders Numbers 11:26-27, probably = אֱלִידָד 34:21 where called a prince of Benjamin. — On proper names with אֵל compare those with אָב & אָח, & especially Nöl.c.,, & (Sabean) DHMEpigr. Denkm. 88.