אֲלֻמָּה
aluma · sheaf
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H485 · appears 5 times in the Bible
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aluma (אֲלֻמָּה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “sheaf”.
A bundle of stalks of grain tied together.
How to say it
a·lu·ma
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- A bundle of tied grain stalks.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- sheaves ×3
- sheaf ×2
Where it appears
- Genesis 37:7
Look, we were binding sheaves in the middle of the field, and look, my sheaf rose and also stood upright; and look, your sheaves gathered around it and bowed down before my sheaf.”
- Psalms 126:6
Going he goes and weeping, the one who carries the bag of seed; coming he will come with shouts of joy, carrying his sheaves.
And 3 more times.