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hebrew #483 - אִלֵּם illem (mute (unable to speak))


Original Word:אִלֵּם
Transliteration: illem
Definition:mute (unable to speak)
Part of Speech:Adjective
Phonetic Spelling:(il-lame')
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

dumb man

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

see HEBREW 'alam


Englishman's Concordance

1) mute, silent, dumb, unable to speak
Part of Speech: adjective
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H481
Same Word by TWOT Number: 102c

Brown-Driver-Briggs

אִלֵּםadjectivedumb, unable to speak; Exodus 4:11מִי שָׂם מֶּה לָֽאָדָם אוֺ מִי יָשׂוּם אִלֵּם; Isaiah 56:10כְּלָבִיםאִלְּמִים figurative of false prophets; of idols ׳אֱלִילִים אHabakkuk 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.


Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 483. אּלֵּם (illem) — 6 Occurrences

Exodus 4:11
HEB:מִֽי־ יָשׂ֣וּם אִלֵּ֔ם א֣וֹ חֵרֵ֔שׁ
NAS: who makes [him] mute or deaf,
KJV: or who maketh the dumb, or deaf,
INT: who makes mute or deaf

Psalm 38:13
HEB:לֹ֣א אֶשְׁמָ֑ע וּ֝כְאִלֵּ֗ם לֹ֣א יִפְתַּח־
NAS: do not hear; And [I am] like a mute man who does not open
KJV: [man], heard not; and [I was] as a dumb man [that] openeth
INT: not hear A mute does not open

Proverbs 31:8
HEB:פְּתַח־ פִּ֥יךָ לְאִלֵּ֑ם אֶל־ דִּ֝֗ין
NAS: your mouth for the mute, For the rights
KJV: thy mouth for the dumb in the cause
INT: Open your mouth the mute for the rights

Isaiah 35:6
HEB:וְתָרֹ֖ן לְשׁ֣וֹן אִלֵּ֑ם כִּֽי־ נִבְקְע֤וּ
NAS: And the tongue of the mute will shout for joy.
KJV: and the tongue of the dumb sing:
INT: will shout and the tongue of the mute for will break

Isaiah 56:10
HEB:כֻּלָּם֙ כְּלָבִ֣ים אִלְּמִ֔ים לֹ֥א יוּכְל֖וּ
NAS: All of them are mute dogs
KJV: they are all ignorant, they [are] all dumb dogs,
INT: All dogs are mute nothing cannot

Habakkuk 2:18
HEB:לַעֲשׂ֖וֹת אֱלִילִ֥ים אִלְּמִֽים׃ ס
NAS: When he fashions speechless idols.
KJV: trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?
INT: fashions idols speechless

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