עֶלֶם

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H5958

young man — used 2 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

young man tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

עֶ֫לֶם: n.m. young man tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.m. young man;—ע׳ abs. 1 S 20:22, הָעָ֑לֶם 17:56; ע׳ prob. also v 42; 16:12 (for MT עִם) Gr KrenkelZAW ii (1882), 309 Bu HPS.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (12 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (7 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: man (1); young man (1).

In the verses

1 Samuel 17:56 · tree →

וַיֹּ֖אמֶר הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ שְׁאַ֣ל אַתָּ֔ה בֶּן־מִי־זֶ֖ה הָעָֽלֶם׃ס

Word for word: and he.said the king ask you son of.whom? this [is].the young.man

JPS 1917: And the king said: 'Inquire thou whose son the stripling is.'

1 Samuel 20:22 · tree →

וְאִם־כֹּ֤ה אֹמַר֙ לָעֶ֔לֶם הִנֵּ֥ה הַחִצִּ֖ים מִמְּךָ֣ וָהָ֑לְאָה לֵ֕ךְ כִּ֥י שִֽׁלַּחֲךָ֖ יְהוָֽה׃

Word for word: and if thus I.will.say to the.young man there! the arrows [are].from you and beyond go (dm) he has.sent.you.away Yahweh

JPS 1917: But if I say thus unto the boy: Behold, the arrows are beyond thee; go thy way; for the LORD hath sent thee away.

On Mova

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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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