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eÌ„-lē̇-ā´le (×לעלה, 'el‛aÌ„leÌ„h, “God has ascendedâ€): Lay in the country taken from Sihon and within the lot given to Reuben (, f). “Their names being changed†seems to apply to all the towns mentioned. There is no indication of the other names. Elealeh is noticed with Heshbon in the oracles against Moab in ; ; . Eusebius (Onomasticon) locates it one Roman mile from Heshbon. It is represented today by el‛AÌ„l, a mound crowned with ruins, about a mile North of HÌ£esbaÌ„nÌŒ.