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title: עַלְמָה — young woman · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עַלְמָה (5961), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: young woman. BDB 1906: n.f. young woman. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עַלְמָה

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«עַלְמָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **young woman** — 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:** 5961 · **BDB:** עַלְמָה

### Glosses

alamoth (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

young woman [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5961/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. young woman [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5961/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. young woman (ripe sexually; maid or newly married);—ע׳ Gn 24:43 (J), Ex 2:8 (E), Pr 30:19 Is 7:14; pl. עֲלָמוֹת ψ 68:26 Ct 1:3; 6:8; עַל־עֲלָמוֹת to (the voice of) young women, either lit., or of soprano or falsetto of boys: 1 Ch 15:20 ψ 9:1 (read עַל־עֲלָמוֹת לַבֵּן \[for עַל־מוּת לַבֵּן, ‘voce virginea a pueris decantandum,’ Thes), 46:1; 48:15 (read עַל־עֲלָמוֹת \[for עַל־מוּת\]; tr. prob. to 49:1).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עַלְמָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5961/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 46:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.46.1/)

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לַמְנַצֵּ֥חַ לִבְנֵי־קֹ֑רַח עַֽל־עֲלָמ֥וֹת שִֽׁיר׃

*Word for word:* to the choirmaster of the.sons of.Korah on alamoth a.song

*JPS 1917:* For the Leader; a Psalm of the sons of Korah; upon Alamoth.

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[1 Chronicles 15:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.15.20/)

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וּזְכַרְיָ֨ה וַעֲזִיאֵ֜ל וּשְׁמִֽירָמ֤וֹת וִֽיחִיאֵל֙ וְעֻנִּ֣י וֶֽאֱלִיאָ֔ב וּמַעֲשֵׂיָ֖הוּ וּבְנָיָ֑הוּ בִּנְבָלִ֖ים עַל־עֲלָמֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* and Zechariah and Aziel and Shemiramoth and Jehiel and Unni and Eliab and Maaseiah and Benaiah with lyres on alamoth

*JPS 1917:* and Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries set to Alamoth;

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