Hebrew · Strong's H5958
עֶלֶם
elemeh'-lem
properly, something kept out of sight, i.e. a lad
1890 spelling: ʻelem
Gematria 140· 700 mispar gadol
Strong's Dictionary · 1890
properly, something kept out of sight, i.e. a lad
Rendered in the KJV as
young man, stripling.
- 2occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 1 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 2inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 2 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 2
- הָעָֽלֶם׃ ס1
- לָעֶ֔לֶם1
How it is rendered · 2
- [is] the youth1
- to the young man1
The sense the word carries at each spot: how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular1
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular1
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- HRd/Ncmsa · 1
- HTd/Ncmsa · 1
All 2, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
1 Samuel2 occurrences
- 1 Samuel 17:56הָעָֽלֶם׃ סhaalemthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular“Find out whose son this young man is!” said the king.here: [is] the youth
- 1 Samuel 20:22לָעֶ֔לֶםlaelempreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularBut if I say to the young man, ‘Look, the arrows are beyond you,’ then you must go, for the LORD has sent you away.here: to the young man