Lexicon alam: to bind Original Word: אָלַםPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: alam Phonetic Spelling: (aw-lam') Short Definition: mute NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originof uncertain derivation Definitionto bind NASB Translationbecame speechless (1), become mute (1), binding (1), mute (4), silent (1), speechless (1).
Brown-Driver-Briggs [ אָלַם] verb bind (perhaps compare Assyrian [ al¹mu], almattu, fortress Dl in Zim BP 114 & in BD Ezek.:xi; Arabic  be in pain, Aramaic  retain anger). Niph`al (be bound =) be dumb, Perfect3feminine singular נֶאֱלָ֑מָה Isaiah 53:7; וְנֶאֱלַמְתָּ֫ Ezekiel 3:26, etc.; Imperfect2masculine singular תֵּאָלֵם Ezekiel 24:27; 3feminine plural תֵּאָלַמְנָה Psalm 31:19. — 1 be dumb, i.e. silent Psalm 39:3 דוּמִיָּה ׳נ ("" הֶחֱשֵׁיתִי); compare Psalm 39:10 ("" לֹא אֶפְתַּחמִּֿי); simile of sheep Isaiah 53:7 ("" id.); be dumb, i.e. unable to speak Ezekiel 3:26 (result of וּלְשׁוֺנְךָ אַדְבִּיק אֶלחִֿכָּ֑ךָ) compare Ezekiel 24:27 יִמָּתַח מִּיךָ ֗֗֗ וּתְדַבֵּר וְלֹא תֵאָלֵם עוֺד; Ezekiel 33:22 וַיִּפְתַּח מִּי וְלֹא נֶאֱלַמְתִּי עוֺד; 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`el Participle bind Genesis 37:7 (E) מְאַלְּמִים אֲלֻמִּים binding sheaves.
Strong's bind, be dumb, put to silence A primitive root; to tie fast; hence (of the mouth) to be tongue-tied -- bind, be dumb, put to silence. |
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