Hebrew · Strong's H483
אִלֵּם
illemil-lame'
speechless
1890 spelling: ʼillêm
Gematria 71· 631 mispar gadol
Strong's Dictionary · 1890
speechless
Rendered in the KJV as
dumb (man).
- 6occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 5 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 6inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 6 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 6
- אִלֵּ֔ם1
- אִלֵּ֑ם1
- אִלְּמִ֔ים1
- אִלְּמִֽים׃ ס1
- וּ֝כְאִלֵּ֗ם1
- לְאִלֵּ֑ם1
How it is rendered · 4
- dumb3
- a dumb [person]1
- and like a dumb [person]1
- for [the] dumb1
The sense the word carries at each spot: how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 4
- adjective · masculine plural2
- adjective · masculine singular2
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + adjective · masculine singular1
- preposition + adjective · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HAampa · 2
- HAamsa · 2
- HC/R/Aamsa · 1
- HR/Aamsa · 1
All 6, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Proverbs1 occurrence
Isaiah2 occurrences
- Isaiah 35:6אִלֵּ֑םʾilemadjective · masculine singularThen the lame will leap like a deer and the mute tongue will shout for joy. For waters will gush forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert.here: a dumb [person]
- Isaiah 56:10אִלְּמִ֔יםʾilemimadjective · masculine pluralIsrael’s watchmen are blind, they are all oblivious; they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; they are dreamers lying around, loving to slumber.here: dumb