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Lexicon :: Strong's H481 - 'ālam

Aa
אָלַם
Transliteration
'ālam
Pronunciation
aw-lam'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 102

Strong’s Definitions

אָלַם ʼâlam, aw-lam'; a primitive root; to tie fast; hence (of the mouth) to be tongue-tied:—bind, be dumb, put to silence.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x

The KJV translates Strong's H481 in the following manner: dumb (7x), put to silence (1x), binding (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x
The KJV translates Strong's H481 in the following manner: dumb (7x), put to silence (1x), binding (1x).

  1. to bind

    1. (Niphal)

      1. to be dumb

      2. to be bound

    2. (Piel) binding (part.)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אָלַם ʼâlam, aw-lam'; a primitive root; to tie fast; hence (of the mouth) to be tongue-tied:—bind, be dumb, put to silence.
STRONGS H481: Abbreviations
† [אָלַם] verb bind (perhaps compare Assyrian [alāmu], almattu, fortress Dl in ZimBP 114 & in BDEzekielxi; Arabic أَلِمَ be in pain, Aramaic MFlAE   retain anger).
Niph. (be bound =) be dumb, Perfect 3rd person feminine singular נֶאֱלָ֑מָה Isaiah 53:7; וְנֶאֱלַמְתָּ֫ Ezekiel 3:26, etc.; Imperfect 2nd person masculine singular תֵּאָלֵם Ezekiel 24:27; 3rd person feminine plural תֵּאָלַמְנָה Psalm 31:19. —
1. be dumb, i.e. silent Psalm 39:3 דוּמִיָּה נ׳ (|| הֶחֱשֵׁיתִי); compare Psalm 39:10 (|| אֶפְתַּח־פִּי לֹא); simile of sheep Isaiah 53:7 (|| id.); be dumb, i.e. unable to speak Ezekiel 3:26 (result of וּלְשׁוֺנְךָ אַדְבִּיק אֶל־חִכָּ֑ךָ) compare Ezekiel 24:27 ⬩⬩⬩פִּיךָ יִפָּתַח וּתְדַבֵּר וְלֹא תֵאָלֵם עוֺד; Ezekiel 33:22 עוֺד נֶאֱלַמְתִּי וְלֹא פִּי וַיִּפְתַּח; also Daniel 10:15 (compare Daniel 10:16); be made dumb subject שִׂפְתֵי שָׁ֑קֶר lying lips Psalm 31:19 (|| יִדְּמוּ לִשְׁאוֺל Psalm 31:18).
Pi. Participle bind Genesis 37:7 (E) מְאַלְּמִים אֲלֻמִּים binding sheaves.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

37:7

Psalms

31:18; 31:19; 31:19; 39:3; 39:10

Isaiah

53:7; 53:7

Ezekiel

3:26; 3:26; 24:27; 24:27; 33:22

Daniel

10:15; 10:16

H481

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Strong's Number H481 matches the Hebrew אָלַם ('ālam),
which occurs 9 times in 9 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:7 - for behold H2009, we were binding H481 sheaves H485 in the field H7704, and behold H2009, my sheaf H485 stood H6965 up H6965 and also H1571 remained H5324 standing H5324; and behold H2009, your sheaves H485 gathered H5437 around H5437 and bowed H2331 down H2331 to my sheaf H485.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:18 -

Let the lying H8267 lips H8193 be H481 speechless H481,

Which speak H1696 arrogantly H6277 against H5921 the righteous H6662

With pride H1346 and contempt H937.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:2 -

I was H481 mute H481 [fn]and silent H1747,

I [fn]refused to say H2814 even something good H2896,

And my pain H3511 was stirred H5916 up H5916.

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“I have become H481 mute H481, I do not open H6605 my mouth H6310,

Because H3588 it is You who have done H6213 it.

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He was oppressed H5065 and afflicted H6031,

Yet He did not open H6605 His mouth H6310;

Like a lamb H7716 that is led H2986 to slaughter H2874,

And like a sheep H7353 that is H481 silent H481 before H6440 its shearers H1494,

So He did not open H6605 His mouth H6310.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:26 - “Moreover, I will make your tongue H3956 stick H1692 to the roof H2441 of H2441 your mouth H2441 so that you will be unable H481 to H481 speak H481 and will not be a man H376 who reprimands H3198 them, since H3588 they are a rebellious H4805 house H1004.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:27 - ‘On that day H3117 your mouth H6310 will be opened H6605 to him who H6412 escaped H6412, and you will speak H1696 and no H3808 longer H5750 be silenced H481. So you will be a sign H4159 to them, and they will know H3045 that I am the LORD H3068.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:22 - Now the hand H3027 of the LORD H3068 had been H1961 upon me in the evening H6153, before H6440 the survivors H6412 came H935. And He opened H6605 my mouth H6310 [fn]at H5704 the H5704 time H5704 they came H935 to me in the morning H1242; so my mouth H6310 was opened H6605 and I was H481 no H3808 longer H5750 [fn]speechless H481.

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When he had spoken H1696 to me according to these H428 words H1697, I [fn]turned H5414 my face H6440 toward the ground H776 and became H481 speechless H481.

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