Strong's Hebrew: 483. אּלֵּם (illem) -- mute (unable to speak)

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Lexicon

illem: mute (unable to speak)

Original Word: אּלֵּם
Part of Speech: Adjective
Transliteration: illem
Phonetic Spelling: (il-lame')
Short Definition: mute

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from the same as alam
Definition
mute (unable to speak)
NASB Translation
mute (4), mute man (1), speechless (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

אִלֵּם adjective dumb, unable to speak; Exodus 4:11 מִי שָׂם מֶּה לָֽאָדָם אוֺ מִי יָשׂוּם אִלֵּם; Isaiah 56:10 כְּלָבִים אִלְּמִים figurative of false prophets; of idols ׳אֱלִילִים א Habakkuk 2:8; as substantive Proverbs 31:8; Psalm 38:14; Isaiah 35:6.

אֻלָּם see III. אוּלָם p. 19.

אֵלָם see אֵילָם below II. אול.

Strong's

dumb man

From 'alam; speechless -- dumb (man).

see HEBREW 'alam