el´dad (×לדּד, 'eldaÌ„dh, “God has lovedâ€): One of the 70 elders chosen by Moses at the command of Yahweh to share “the burden of the people†(-25). Eldad and his companion Medad were not present with the rest at the tent of meeting, yet the Spirit rested also upon them and they prophesied in the camp (-29).