עֶלֶם
ʻelem · eh'-lem
properly, something kept out of sight, i.e. a lad
Lexicon
Derivation: from H5956 (עָלַם); (compare H5959 (עַלְמָה))
properly, something kept out of sight, i.e. a lad
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: young man, stripling.
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › authority, the one who leads › water, chaos, the mighty deep
To see and know of authority, the one who leads of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עֶלֶם above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
2 occurrences · 2 OT · 0 NT · 2 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the stripling1 · 50%
- thus unto the young man1 · 50%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.