483. illem
Lexicon
illem: Mute, speechless, silent

Original Word: אִלֵּם
Part of Speech: Adjective
Transliteration: illem
Pronunciation: il-LEM
Phonetic Spelling: (il-lame')
KJV: dumb (man)
NASB: mute, mute man, speechless
Word Origin: [from H481 (אָלַם - mute)]

1. speechless

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
dumb man

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

see HEBREW 'alam

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.

Forms and Transliterations
אִלְּמִ֔ים אִלְּמִֽים׃ אִלֵּ֑ם אִלֵּ֔ם אלם אלמים אלמים׃ וּ֝כְאִלֵּ֗ם וכאלם לְאִלֵּ֑ם לאלם ’il·lə·mîm ’il·lêm ’illêm ’illəmîm ilLem illeMim lə’illêm lə·’il·lêm leilLem ū·ḵə·’il·lêm ucheilLem ūḵə’illêm
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Englishman's Concordance
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

6 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 483
6 Occurrences


’il·lêm — 2 Occ.
’il·lə·mîm — 2 Occ.
lə·’il·lêm — 1 Occ.
ū·ḵə·’il·lêm — 1 Occ.

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