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title: אֵלֶם — silence · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֵלֶם (482), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: silence. BDB 1906: silence. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֵלֶם

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«אֵלֶם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **silence** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 482 · **BDB:** אֵ֫לֶם

### Glosses

elem- (1); silence (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

silence [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/482/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

silence [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/482/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] silence, ψ 56:1 (title) vid. Ol De, in name of melody עַל־יוֹנַת אֵלֶם רְחֹקִים; also ψ 58:2 (= adv. in silence?) but read אֵלִ(י)ם Ol De Che, etc.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (11 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (8 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֵלֶם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/482/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 58:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.58.2/)

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הַֽאֻמְנָ֗ם אֵ֣לֶם צֶ֭דֶק תְּדַבֵּר֑וּן מֵישָׁרִ֥ים תִּ֝שְׁפְּט֗וּ בְּנֵ֣י אָדָֽם׃

*Word for word:* ? really silence of.righteousness do you.speak uprightness(es) do.you.judge? \[the\].children of.humankind

*JPS 1917:* Do ye indeed speak as a righteous company? Do ye judge with equity the sons of men?

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[Psalms 56:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.56.1/)

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לַמְנַצֵּ֤חַ ׀ עַל־י֬וֹנַת אֵ֣לֶם רְ֭חֹקִים לְדָוִ֣ד מִכְתָּ֑ם בֶּֽאֱחֹ֨ז אֹת֖וֹ פְלִשְׁתִּ֣ים בְּגַֽת׃

*Word for word:* to the choirmaster on yonath- elem- rechokim of David a.miktam when seized him \[the\].Philistines in Gath

*JPS 1917:* For the Leader; upon Jonath-elem-rehokim. A Psalm of David; Michtam; when the Philistines took him in Gath.

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