אלם

Hebrew

Root
א־ל־ם (ʾ-l-m)

Pronunciation

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Noun

אִלֵּם • (ilém) m (feminine counterpart אִלֶּמֶת)

1. defective spelling of אילם
   • Tanach, Exodus 4:11, with Young's Literal Translation:

     מִי שָׂם פֶּה לָאָדָם אוֹ מִי יָשׂוּם אִלֵּם אוֹ חֵרֵשׁ אוֹ פִקֵּחַ אוֹ עִוֵּר

     Who appointed a mouth for man? or who appointeth the dumb, or deaf, or open, or blind?

   • Tanach, Isaiah 35:6, with translation of the King James Version:

     אָז יְדַלֵּג כָּאַיָּל פִּסֵּחַ וְתָרֹן לְשׁוֹן אִלֵּם

     áz y'dalég kaayál piséach v'tarón l'shón ilém

     Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing

References

• H483 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Noun

אֵלֶם • (élem) m (no plural forms, singular construct אֵלֶם־)

1. silence, speechlessness
   • Tanach, Psalms 56:1, with translation of NKJ:

     לַמְנַצֵּ֤חַ ׀ עַל־י֬וֹנַת אֵ֣לֶם רְ֭חֹקִים לְדָוִ֣ד מִכְתָּ֑ם בֶּֽאֱחֹ֨ז אֹת֖וֹ פְלִשְׁתִּ֣ים בְּגַֽת׃ (Herein used in סמיכות or construct form.)

     lamnaṣṣḗaḥ: ʿal-yônaṯ ʾḗlem rəḥōqîm ləḏawiḏ miḵtam bĕʾeḥōz ʾōṯô p̄əlištîm bəḡaṯ.

     To the Chief Musician. Set to “The Silent Dove in Distant Lands.” A Michtam of David when the Philistines captured him in Gath.

References

• H482 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Verb

אִלֵּם • (ilém) (pi'el construction)

1. defective spelling of אילם

Noun

אֻלָם • (ulám) m (singular construct אֻלָם־)

1. defective spelling of אוּלָם.
   • Tanach, Ezekiel 40:9, with translation of the King James Version:

     וַיָּמָד אֶת אֻלָם הַשַּׁעַר שְׁמֹנֶה אַמּוֹת

     vayámed ét ulám hasháar sh'moné amót

     Then measured he the porch of the gate, eight cubits

Noun

אַלָּם • (alám) m (plural indefinite אַלָּמִים)

1. A strong, violent person.
   • a. 1180, Maimonides, משנה תורה,‎ מלווה ולווה chapter 25:

     היה הלוה אלם ואין ב״ד יכולין להוציא מידו

     The borrower was a strong, violent person and the court is not capable of getting him to pay.