אלם

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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

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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.

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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.
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