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title: עָלוּמִים — youth · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עָלוּמִים (5934), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: youth. BDB 1906: n.pl.abstr. youth, youthful vigour. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עָלוּמִים

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«עָלוּמִים» in the Tanakh dictionary: **youth** — 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:** 5934 · **BDB:** עֲלוּמִים

### Glosses

his.youth(s) (1); his.youthful.vigor(s) (1); vigor(s) (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

youth [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5934/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pl.abstr. youth, youthful vigour [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5934/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pl.abstr. youth, youthful vigour;—only sf. עֲלוּמָיו Jb 20:11 Qr (Kt עֲלוּמוֹ); עֲלוּמָיו ψ 89:46 Jb 33:25; עֲלוּמַיִךְ Is 54:4.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עָלוּמִים» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5934/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 89:46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.89.46/)

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הִ֭קְצַרְתָּ יְמֵ֣י עֲלוּמָ֑יו הֶֽעֱטִ֨יתָ עָלָ֖יו בּוּשָׁ֣ה סֶֽלָה׃

*Word for word:* you.have.cut.short the.days his.youth(s) his you.have.wrapped on him shame Selah

*JPS 1917:* The days of his youth hast Thou shortened; Thou hast covered him with shame.

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[Job 33:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.33.25/)

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רֻֽטֲפַ֣שׁ בְּשָׂר֣וֹ מִנֹּ֑עַר יָ֝שׁ֗וּב לִימֵ֥י עֲלוּמָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* it.grows.fresh flesh his more than.youth he.returns to the.days his.youthful.vigor(s) his

*JPS 1917:* His flesh is tenderer than a child's; he returneth to the days of his youth;

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