עֶלֶם
elem · young man
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H5958 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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elem (עֶלֶם) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “young man”.
Lad. It is the masculine of the word "young woman" (almah).
How to say it
e·lem
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 lad grown past childhood.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- 1 Samuel 17:56
The king said, “Ask you whose son this youth is.”
- 1 Samuel 20:22
But if I say this to the youth, ‘Look, the arrows are beyond you,’ go, for YHWH has sent you away.