Hebrew noun (feminine) · H5959
עַלְמָה
almahal-maw'
maiden
7 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ʻalmâh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H5959is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 39Old Testament books
- 7spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H5959
a lass (as veiled or private)
The King James renders it: damsel, maid, virgin.
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
almah is rendered "maiden". It stands 7 times in the Hebrew text, across six books.
- Two of the uses stand in Song of Solomon, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 24:43Here I am, standing beside this spring. Now if a maiden comes out to draw water and I say to her, ‘Please let me drink a little water from your jar,’
- The Greek text spells it seven different ways.
The first use
Here I am, standing beside this spring. Now if a maiden comes out to draw water and I say to her, ‘Please let me drink a little water from your jar,’
Genesis 24:43הָֽעַלְמָה֙
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- the young woman3
- young women2
- and young women1
- with a young woman1
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.
All 7, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
7 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
- בְּעַלְמָֽה׃1
- הָֽעַלְמָה֙1
- הָֽעַלְמָ֔ה1
- הָעַלְמָ֗ה1
- וַעֲלָמ֖וֹת1
- עֲ֝לָמ֗וֹת1
- עֲלָמ֥וֹת1
The grammar of each form
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular3HTd/Ncfsa
- noun · feminine plural2HNcfpa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural1HC/Ncfpa
- preposition + noun · feminine singular1HR/Ncfsa
Genesis
one use
Here I am, standing beside this spring. Now if a maiden comes out to draw water and I say to her, ‘Please let me drink a little water from your jar,’
- הָֽעַלְמָה֙haalmahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the young woman
Exodus
one use
“Go ahead,” Pharaoh’s daughter told her. And the girl went and called the boy’s mother.
- הָֽעַלְמָ֔הhaalmahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the young woman
Psalms
one use
The singers lead the way, the musicians follow after, among the maidens playing tambourines.
- עֲ֝לָמ֗וֹתalamotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: young women
Proverbs
one use
the way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a snake on a rock, the way of a ship at sea, and the way of a man with a maiden.
- בְּעַלְמָֽה׃bealmahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: with a young woman
Song of Solomon
two uses
The fragrance of your perfume is pleasing; your name is like perfume poured out. No wonder the maidens adore you.
- עֲלָמ֥וֹתalamotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: young women
There are sixty queens and eighty concubines, and maidens without number,
- וַעֲלָמ֖וֹתvaalamotconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: and young women
Isaiah
one use
Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call Him Immanuel.
- הָעַלְמָ֗הhaalmahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the young woman
Where it leads
Studies that open this word1
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.