(Hebrews in the prolonged form Eliphele'hu, אלִֵיפְּלֵהוּ , God will distinguish him; Sept. Ε᾿λιφαλά and Ε᾿λιφαλού v.r. Ε᾿λιφενά and Ε᾿λιφαλαίας; Vulg. Eliphalu), a Merarite Levite; one of the gatekeepers (שׁוֹ רִים, A.V, porters") appointed by David to play on the harp "on the Sheminith," on the occasion of bringing up the ark to the city of David (1 Chronicles 15:18; 1 Chronicles 15:21). B.C. 1043.