אָלַםʼâlam
bind
Pronunciation: aw-lam' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H481
Meanings
Niph`al: be dumb (Isaiah 53:7; Ezekiel 3:26; Ezekiel 24:27)
1. be dumb, i.e. silent (Psalms 39:3; Psalms 39:10; Isaiah 53:7)
Pi`el: bind (Genesis 37:7)
Same root
- אוּלָםʼûwlâm · H197a vestibule (as bound to the building)
- אוּלָםʼÛwlâm · H198Ulam, the name of two Israelites
- אֵלֶםʼêlem · H482silence (i.e. mute justice)
- אִלֵּםʼillêm · H483speechless
- אֲלֻמָּהʼălummâh · H485something bound; a sheaf
- אַלְמָןʼalmân · H488discarded (as a divorced person)
- אַלְמֹןʼalmôn · H489bereavement
Where it appears
Appears 9 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 37:7 “We were out in the field, tying up bundles of grain. Suddenly my bundle stood up, and your bundles all gathered around and bowed low before mine!”
- Psalms 31:18 Silence their lying lips— those proud and arrogant lips that accuse the godly.
- Psalms 39:2 But as I stood there in silence— not even speaking of good things— the turmoil within me grew worse.
- Psalms 39:9 I am silent before you; I won’t say a word, for my punishment is from you.
- Isaiah 53:7 He was oppressed and treated harshly, yet he never said a word. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter. And as a sheep is silent before the shearers, he did not open his mouth.
- Ezekiel 3:26 And I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth so that you will be speechless and unable to rebuke them, for they are rebels.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).