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Lexicon :: Strong's H5959 - ʿalmâ

Aa
עַלְמָה
Transliteration
ʿalmâ
Pronunciation
al-maw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1630b

Strong’s Definitions

עַלְמָה ʻalmâh, al-maw'; feminine of H5958; a lass (as veiled or private):—damsel, maid, virgin.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x

The KJV translates Strong's H5959 in the following manner: virgin (4x), maid (2x), damsels (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x
The KJV translates Strong's H5959 in the following manner: virgin (4x), maid (2x), damsels (1x).

  1. virgin, young woman

    1. of marriageable age

    2. maid or newly married

      "There is no instance where it can be proved that 'almâ designates a young woman who is not a virgin. The fact of virginity is obvious in Gen 24:43 where 'almâ is used of one who was being sought as a bride for Isaac." (R. Laird Harris, et al. Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament, p. 672.)
Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עַלְמָה ʻalmâh, al-maw'; feminine of H5958; a lass (as veiled or private):—damsel, maid, virgin.
STRONGS H5959: Abbreviations
† עַלְמָה noun feminine young woman (ripe sexually; maid or newly married); — ע׳ Genesis 24:43 (J), Exodus 2:8 (E), Proverbs 30:19; Isaiah 7:14; plural עֲלָמוֺת Psalm 68:26 [Psalm 68:25]; Songs 1:3; Songs 6:8;
[H5961 עַלעֲֿלָמוֺת to (the voice of) young women, either literally, or of soprano or falsetto of boys: 1 Chronicles 15:20; [H4192 Psalm 9:1] (read עַלעֲֿלָמוֺת לַבֵּן [for עַלמֿוּת לַבֵּן], 'voce virginea a pueris decantandum,' Thes), Psalm 46:1];
[H4192 Psalm 48:15 [Psalm 48:14]] (read עַלעֲֿלָמוֺת [for עַלמֿוּת]; translated probably to [H1121 Psalm 49:1]).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

24:43

Exodus

2:8

Psalms

68:25

Proverbs

30:19

Song of Songs

1:3; 6:8

Isaiah

7:14

H5959

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5959 matches the Hebrew עַלְמָה (ʿalmâ),
which occurs 7 times in 7 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:43

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:43 - behold H2009, I am standing H5324 by the [fn]spring H5869, and may it be that the [fn]young H5959 unmarried H5959 woman H5959 who comes H3318 out H3318 to draw H7579 water, and to whom I say H559, “Please H4994 let H8248 me drink H8248 a little H4592 water H4325 from your jar H3537”;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:8 - Pharaoh’s H6547 daughter H1323 said H559 to her, “Go H1980 ahead.” So the girl H5959 went H1980 and called H7121 the child’s H3206 mother H517.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:25 -

The singers H7891 went H6923 on H6923, the musicians H5059 after H310 them,

[fn]In the midst H8432 of the young H5959 women H5959 beating H8608 tambourines H8608.

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The way H1870 of the eagle H5404 in the sky H8064,

The way H1870 of a snake H5175 on a rock H6697,

The way H1870 of a ship H591 in the middle H3820 of the sea H3220,

And the way H1870 of a man H1397 with a [fn]virgin H5959.

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“Your oils H8081 have a pleasing H2896 fragrance H7381,

Your name H8034 is like [fn]purified H7324 oil H8081;

Therefore H5921 H3651 the [fn]young H5959 women H5959 love H157 you.

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“There H1992 are sixty H8346 queens H4436 and eighty H8084 concubines H6370,

And [fn]young H5959 women H5959 without H369 number H4557;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:14 - “Therefore H3651 the Lord H136 Himself H1931 will give H5414 you a sign H226: Behold H2009, the [fn]virgin H5959 will conceive H2030 and give H3205 birth H3205 to a son H1121, and she will name H7121 H8034 Him [fn]Immanuel H6005.
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