Eglah

Person Name

Name meaning: "heifer; chariot; round"

Eglah (meaning heifer or chariot) is listed as one of David's wives at Hebron, and the mother of his sixth son Ithream (2 Samuel 3:5; 1 Chronicles 3:3). Beyond this brief genealogical mention, nothing further is recorded about her in the Old Testament. Jewish tradition in the Talmud controversially identified Eglah with Michal, David's first wife, but this identification has no support in the biblical text itself, which treats them as distinct individuals in the list of David's wives and sons born at Hebron.