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title: יַעְלָם — Jalam · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יַעְלָם (3281), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: Jalam. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יַעְלָם

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«יַעְלָם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Jalam** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 4 times · **Key:** 3281 · **BDB:** יַעְלָם²

### Glosses

Jalam (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Jalam [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3281/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3281/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. Edomite Gn 36:5, 14, 18 = 1 Ch 1:35, Ιεγλομ.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (12 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (7 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יַעְלָם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3281/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 1:35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.1.35/)

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בְּנֵ֖י עֵשָׂ֑ו אֱלִיפַ֛ז רְעוּאֵ֥ל וִיע֖וּשׁ וְיַעְלָ֥ם וְקֹֽרַח׃ס

*Word for word:* the.sons of.Esau \[were\].Eliphaz Reuel and Jeush and Jalam and Korah

*JPS 1917:* The sons of Esau: Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jalam and Korah.

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[Genesis 36:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.36.18/)

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וְאֵ֗לֶּה בְּנֵ֤י אָהֳלִֽיבָמָה֙ אֵ֣שֶׁת עֵשָׂ֔ו אַלּ֥וּף יְע֛וּשׁ אַלּ֥וּף יַעְלָ֖ם אַלּ֣וּף קֹ֑רַח אֵ֣לֶּה אַלּוּפֵ֞י אָֽהֳלִיבָמָ֛ה בַּת־עֲנָ֖ה אֵ֥שֶׁת עֵשָֽׂו׃

*Word for word:* and these \[were\].the.sons of.Oholibamah the.wife of.Esau chief Jeush chief Jalam chief Korah these \[were\].the.chiefs of.Oholibamah the.daughter of.Anah the.wife of.Esau

*JPS 1917:* And these are the sons of Oholibamah Esau's wife: the chief of Jeush, the chief of Jalam, the chief of Korah. These are the chiefs that came of Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, Esau's wife.

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