עֶלֶםʻelem

young man (1 Samuel 20:22; 1 Samuel 17:56; 1 Samuel 17:42; 1 Samuel 16:12)

Pronunciation: eh'-lem · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5958

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 2 times in the Bible.

  • 1 Samuel 17:56 “Well, find out who he is!” the king told him.
  • 1 Samuel 20:22 But if I tell him, ‘Go farther—the arrows are still ahead of you,’ then it will mean that you must leave immediately, for the Lord is sending you away.

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).