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title: עֶלֶם — young man · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֶלֶם (5958), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: young man. BDB 1906: n.m. young man. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֶלֶם

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«עֶלֶם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **young man** — 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:** 5958 · **BDB:** עֶ֫לֶם

### Glosses

man (1); young.man (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

young man [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5958/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. young man [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5958/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. young man;—ע׳ abs. 1 S 20:22, הָעָ֑לֶם 17:56; ע׳ prob. also v 42; 16:12 (for MT עִם) Gr KrenkelZAW ii (1882), 309 Bu HPS.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (12 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (7 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עֶלֶם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5958/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Samuel 17:56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.17.56/)

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וַיֹּ֖אמֶר הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ שְׁאַ֣ל אַתָּ֔ה בֶּן־מִי־זֶ֖ה הָעָֽלֶם׃ס

*Word for word:* and he.said the king ask you son of.whom? this \[is\].the young.man

*JPS 1917:* And the king said: 'Inquire thou whose son the stripling is.'

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[1 Samuel 20:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.20.22/)

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וְאִם־כֹּ֤ה אֹמַר֙ לָעֶ֔לֶם הִנֵּ֥ה הַחִצִּ֖ים מִמְּךָ֣ וָהָ֑לְאָה לֵ֕ךְ כִּ֥י שִֽׁלַּחֲךָ֖ יְהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and if thus I.will.say to the.young man there! the arrows \[are\].from you and beyond go (dm) he has.sent.you.away Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* But if I say thus unto the boy: Behold, the arrows are beyond thee; go thy way; for the LORD hath sent thee away.

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