אִלֵּם

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H483

dumb — used 6 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

dumb tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

אִלֵּם: adj. dumb tree →

The whole BDB entry

adj. dumb, unable to speak; Ex 4:11 מִי שָׂם פֶּה לָֽאָדָם אוֹ מִי יָשׂוּם אִלֵּם; Is 56:10 כְּלָבִים אִלְּמִים fig. of false proph.; of idols אֱלִילִים א׳ Hb 2:18; as subst. Pr 31:8 ψ 38:14 Is 35:6.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (11 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (8 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: dumb (4); a dumb [person] (1); of a dumb [person] (1).

In the verses

Proverbs 31:8 · tree →

פְּתַח־פִּ֥יךָ לְאִלֵּ֑ם אֶל־דִּ֝֗ין כָּל־בְּנֵ֥י חֲלֽוֹף׃

Word for word: open mouth your for.[the] dumb to [the].cause of.all [the].sons of.passing.away

JPS 1917: Open thy mouth for the dumb, in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.

Psalms 38:14 · tree →

וַאֲנִ֣י כְ֭חֵרֵשׁ לֹ֣א אֶשְׁמָ֑ע וּ֝כְאִלֵּ֗ם לֹ֣א יִפְתַּח־פִּֽיו׃

Word for word: and I [am].like a.deaf.[person] not I.hear and like a.dumb.[person] [who].not he.opens mouth his

JPS 1917: But I am as a deaf man, I hear not; and I am as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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