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Hebrew verb · H5956

עָלַם

alamaw-lam'

to conceal

28 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: ʻâlam

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H5956is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 15 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 24
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H5956

to veil from sight, i.e. conceal (literally or figuratively)

The King James renders it: [idiom] any ways, blind, dissembler, hide (self), secret (thing).

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

alam is rendered "to conceal". It stands 28 times in the Hebrew text, across fifteen books.

  • Six of the uses stand in Leviticus, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Leviticus 4:13Now if the whole congregation of Israel strays unintentionally and the matter escapes the notice of the assembly so that they violate any of the LORD’s commandments and incur guilt by doing what is forbidden,
  • The Greek text spells it twenty-four different ways.

The first use

Now if the whole congregation of Israel strays unintentionally and the matter escapes the notice of the assembly so that they violate any of the LORD’s commandments and incur guilt by doing what is forbidden,

Leviticus 4:13וְנֶעְלַ֣ם

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

The word stands in fifteen of the 39 Old Testament books.

The other 24 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • and it will be hidden5
  • and you will hide yourself2
  • hidden2
  • and hides1
  • and it has been concealed1
  • certainly to hide1
  • conceal themselves1
  • concealed our1
  • concealing1
  • do you hide1
  • he has hidden1
  • hidden thing1

and 10 more, 28 uses in all

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

עָלַלalalto abuseUses20
עָלַםalamperpetuityUses20
עָלַזalazto exultUses16
עָלַץalatsto rejoiceUses8
עָלַףalaphto enwrapUses5
עָלַסalasto rejoiceUses3
עָלַעalato suckUses1

Other numbers on this spelling

Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.

All 28, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

24 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • וְנֶעְלַ֣ם4
  • וְהִתְעַלַּמְתָּ֖2
  • אַעְלִ֤ים1
  • הֶעְלִ֣ים1
  • הֶעְלִ֣ימוּ1
  • הַעְלֵ֣ם1
  • וְאַעְלִ֥ים1
  • וּמַעְלִ֥ים1
  • וְנֶעְלַם֙1
  • וְֽ֭נֶעֶלְמָה1
  • יַעְלִימֽוּ֩1
  • יִתְעַלֶּם־1

and 12 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • Hc/VNq3ms5Hc/VNq3ms
  • Hc/Vtq2ms2Hc/Vtq2ms
  • verb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular2HVhi2ms
  • verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine singular2HVNrmsa
  • conjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singular1HC/Vhrmsa
  • HC/Vhu1cs1HC/Vhu1cs
  • Hc/VNq3fs1Hc/VNq3fs
  • preposition + verb · reflexive (hithpael), infinitive (“to…”)1HR/Vtcc
  • verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolute1HVhaa
  • verb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singular1HVhi1cs
  • verb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural1HVhi3mp
  • verb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural1HVhp3cp

Leviticus

six uses
  • Now if the whole congregation of Israel strays unintentionally and the matter escapes the notice of the assembly so that they violate any of the LORD’s commandments and incur guilt by doing what is forbidden,

    Leviticus 4:13

    • וְנֶעְלַ֣םvene'lamHc/VNq3mstagged: and it will be hidden
  • Or if a person touches anything unclean—whether the carcass of any unclean wild animal or livestock or crawling creature—even if he is unaware of it, he is unclean and guilty.

    Leviticus 5:2

    • וְנֶעְלַ֣םvene'lamHc/VNq3mstagged: and it will be hidden
  • Or if he touches human uncleanness—anything by which one becomes unclean—even if he is unaware of it, when he realizes it, he is guilty.

    Leviticus 5:3

    • וְנֶעְלַ֣םvene'lamHc/VNq3mstagged: and it will be hidden
  • Or if someone swears thoughtlessly with his lips to do anything good or evil—in whatever matter a man may rashly pronounce an oath—even if he is unaware of it, when he realizes it, he is guilty in the matter.

    Leviticus 5:4

    • וְנֶעְלַ֣םvene'lamHc/VNq3mstagged: and it will be hidden
  • And if the people of the land ever hide their eyes and fail to put to death the man who gives one of his children to Molech,

    Leviticus 20:4

    • הַעְלֵ֣םha'lemverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: certainly to hide
    • יַעְלִימֽוּ֩ya'limuverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will hide

Numbers

one use
  • by sleeping with another man, and it is concealed from her husband and her impurity is undetected (since there is no witness against her and she was not caught in the act),

    Numbers 5:13

    • וְנֶעְלַם֙vene'lamHc/VNq3mstagged: and it will be hidden

Deuteronomy

three uses
  • If you see your brother’s ox or sheep straying, you must not ignore it; be sure to return it to your brother.

    Deuteronomy 22:1

    • וְהִתְעַלַּמְתָּ֖vehitalamtaHc/Vtq2mstagged: and you will hide yourself
  • And you shall do the same for his donkey, his cloak, or anything your brother has lost and you have found. You must not ignore it.

    Deuteronomy 22:3

    • לְהִתְעַלֵּֽם׃ סlehitalempreposition + verb · reflexive (hithpael), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to hide yourself
  • If you see your brother’s donkey or ox fallen on the road, you must not ignore it; you must help him lift it up.

    Deuteronomy 22:4

    • וְהִתְעַלַּמְתָּ֖vehitalamtaHc/Vtq2mstagged: and you will hide yourself

1 Samuel

one use
  • Here I am. Bear witness against me before the LORD and before His anointed: Whose ox or donkey have I taken? Whom have I cheated or oppressed? From whose hand have I accepted a bribe and closed my eyes? Tell me, and I will restore it to you.”

    1 Samuel 12:3

    • וְאַעְלִ֥יםvea'limHC/Vhu1cstagged: so I may hide

1 Kings

one use
  • And Solomon answered all her questions; nothing was too difficult for the king to explain.

    1 Kings 10:3

    • נֶעְלָ֣םne'lamverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine singulartagged: hidden

2 Kings

one use
  • When she reached the man of God at the mountain, she clung to his feet. Gehazi came over to push her away, but the man of God said, “Leave her alone, for her soul is in deep distress, and the LORD has hidden it from me and has not told me.”

    2 Kings 4:27

    • הֶעְלִ֣יםhe'limverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has hidden

2 Chronicles

one use
  • And Solomon answered all her questions; nothing was too difficult for him to explain.

    2 Chronicles 9:2

    • נֶעְלַ֤םne'lamverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it was concealed

Job

three uses
  • darkened because of the ice and the inflow of melting snow,

    Job 6:16

    • יִתְעַלֶּם־yitalem-verb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it hides itself
  • It is hidden from the eyes of every living thing and concealed from the birds of the air.

    Job 28:21

    • וְֽ֭נֶעֶלְמָהveneelmahHc/VNq3fstagged: and it has been concealed
  • You asked, ‘Who is this who conceals My counsel without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.

    Job 42:3

    • מַעְלִ֥יםma'limverb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: concealing

Psalms

four uses
  • Why, O LORD, do You stand far off? Why do You hide in times of trouble?

    Psalms 10:1

    • תַּ֝עְלִ֗יםta'limverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: do you hide
  • I do not sit with deceitful men, nor keep company with hypocrites.

    Psalms 26:4

    • נַ֝עֲלָמִ֗יםnaalamimverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: conceal themselves
  • Listen to my prayer, O God, and do not ignore my plea.

    Psalms 55:1

    • תִּ֝תְעַלַּ֗םtitalamverb · reflexive (hithpael), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you hide yourself
  • You have set our iniquities before You, our secret sins in the light of Your presence.

    Psalms 90:8

    • עֲ֝לֻמֵ֗נוּʾalumenuverb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluraltagged: concealed our

Proverbs

one use
  • Whoever gives to the poor will not be in need, but he who hides his eyes will receive many curses.

    Proverbs 28:27

    • וּמַעְלִ֥יםuma'limconjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singulartagged: and hides

Ecclesiastes

one use
  • For God will bring every deed into judgment, along with every hidden thing, whether good or evil.

    Ecclesiastes 12:14

    • נֶעְלָ֑םne'lamverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine singulartagged: hidden thing

Isaiah

two uses
  • When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.

    Isaiah 1:15

    • אַעְלִ֤יםʾa'limverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will hide
  • Isn’t it to share your bread with the hungry, to bring the poor and homeless into your home, to clothe the naked when you see him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?

    Isaiah 58:7

    • תִתְעַלָּֽם׃titalamverb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will hide yourself

Lamentations

one use
  • You heard my plea: “Do not ignore my cry for relief.”

    Lamentations 3:56

    • תַּעְלֵ֧םta'lemverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you hide

Ezekiel

one use
  • Her priests do violence to My law and profane My holy things. They make no distinction between the holy and the common, and they fail to distinguish between the clean and the unclean. They disregard My Sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them.

    Ezekiel 22:26

    • הֶעְלִ֣ימוּhe'limuverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have hidden

Nahum

one use
  • You too will become drunk; you will go into hiding and seek refuge from the enemy.

    Nahum 3:11

    • נַֽעֲלָמָ֑הnaalamahverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · feminine singulartagged: hidden

The letters

Gematria 140· 700 mispar gadol

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0. Their grammar codes are written out in English here and shown as tagged beside each one.

Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESH gloss (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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