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 39Old Testament books
- 24spellings
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.
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.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| עָלַל | alal | to abuse | Uses20 |
| עָלַם | alam | perpetuity | Uses20 |
| עָלַז | alaz | to exult | Uses16 |
| עָלַץ | alats | to rejoice | Uses8 |
| עָלַף | alaph | to enwrap | Uses5 |
| עָלַס | alas | to rejoice | Uses3 |
| עָלַע | ala | to suck | Uses1 |
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,
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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,
- 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),
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.”
- 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.
- 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.”
- 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.
- 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,
- 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.
- 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.
- 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?
- 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.
- נַ֝עֲלָמִ֗יםnaalamimverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: conceal themselves
Listen to my prayer, O God, and do not ignore my plea.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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?
- 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.”
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
