Word Study · Strong's H418 · Hebrew
אַלְגּוּמִּים
algummim
al-goom-meem'
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʼalgûwmmîym
“sticks of algum wood”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
sticks of algum wood
Rendered in the KJV as
algum (trees).
- 3occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 1 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 3 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- אַלְגּוּמִּ֖ים1
- הָֽאַלְגּוּמִּ֜ים1
- וְאַלְגּוּמִּים֮1
How it is rendered · 3
- algums1
- and algums1
- the algums1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural1
- noun · masculine plural1
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HC/Ncmpa · 1
- HNcmpa · 1
- HTd/Ncmpa · 1
All 3, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
2 Chronicles3 occurrences
- 2 Chronicles 2:8וְאַלְגּוּמִּים֮vealgumimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine pluralSend me also cedar, cypress, and algum logs from Lebanon, for I know that your servants have skill to cut timber there. And indeed, my servants will work with yourshere: and algums
- 2 Chronicles 9:10אַלְגּוּמִּ֖יםʾalgumimnoun · masculine plural(The servants of Hiram and of Solomon who brought gold from Ophir also brought algum wood and precious stones.here: algums
- 2 Chronicles 9:11הָֽאַלְגּוּמִּ֜יםhaalgumimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluralThe king made the algum wood into steps for the house of the LORD and for the king’s palace, and into lyres and harps for the singers. Never before had anything like them been seen in the land of Judah.)here: the algums