Lexical Summary alam: to conceal Original Word: עָלַםTransliteration: alam Phonetic Spelling: (aw-lam') Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to conceal Meaning: to veil from sight, conceal Strong's Concordance blind, dissembler, hide self, secret thing A primitive root; to veil from sight, i.e. Conceal (literally or figuratively) -- X any ways, blind, dissembler, hide (self), secret (thing). Brown-Driver-Briggs H5956. alam I. [עָלַם] verb conceal (Late Hebrew id., derived species); — Qal Participle pass עֲלֻמֵנוּ Psalm 90:8 as substantive our secret, i.e. hidden sin ("" עֲוֺנֹת). Niph`al Perfect be concealed, of wisdom, 3 feminine singular מֵעֵינֵי נֶעֶלְמָה Job 28:21; of a fact or condition, נֶעְלַם2 Chronicles 9:2, ׳וְנ consecutive Leviticus 5:2-3, 4 (all with מִן person), ׳וְנ מֵעֵינֵי 4:13; Numbers 5:13 (all P); Participle 1 נֶעְלָם concealed, with הָיָה in periphrastic conjugation 1 Kings 10:3 (מִן person); absolute כָּלנֶֿעְלָם Ecclesiastes 12:14. 2 feminine singular נַעֲלָמָה תְּהִי Nahum 3:11 mayest thou become obscured (as to the senses; figurative for swoon), but very doubtful, read perhaps נעלפה ? [Dr]. 3 plural נַעֲלָמִים Psalm 26:4 those who conceal themselves, i.e. their thoughts; dissemblers ("" שָׁוְא מְתֵי). Hiph`il Perfect3masculine singular הֶעְלִים 2 Kings 4:27; 3plural הֶעְלִימוּ Ezekiel 22:26; Imperfect2masculine singular תַּעְלִים Psalm 10:1,תַּעְלֵם Lamentations 3:56; 3masculine plural יַעְלִימוּ Leviticus 20:4, etc.; Infinitive absolute הַעְלֵם 20:4; Participle מַעְלִים Job 42:3; Proverbs 28:27; — conceal, hide, with מִן person 2 Kings 4:27 ("" לִי הִגִּיד לֹא); usually hide the eyes from (מִן), i.e. disregard Isaiah 1:15; Ezekiel 22:26, יַע ׳הַעְלֵם ׳וגו Leviticus 20:4, מִן omitted Proverbs 28:27; hide the eyes by (ב) a bribe 1 Samuel 12:3 (i.e. pervert justice, but see עַיִן 3d); hide (cover) the ear Lamentations 3:56 (turn a deaf ear); hide (obscure) counsel (עֵצָה) Job 42:3; ׳תַּע לָמָה Psalm 10:1 why dost thou [׳י] hide, that is, thine eyes (so most), or practise concealment (= hide thyself)? Hithpa`el Perfect2masculine singular consecutive מֵהֶם וְהִתְעַלַּמְתָּ Deuteronomy 22:1, 4 and thou hide thyself completely from them (utterly neglect to aid), so Infinitive construct (מֵהֶם omitted) לְהִתְעַלֵּם 22:3; so also Imperfect with תִּתְעַלַּם מִן, Psalm 55:2, תִּתְעַלָּ֑ם Isaiah 58:7; once literal יִתְעַלֶּםשָֿׁ֑לֶג Job 6:16 wherein snow hides itself. |
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