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the Week of Proper 25 / Ordinary 30

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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #3281 - יַעְלָם

Transliteration

Yaʻlâm

Phonetics

yah-lawm'

Origin

from (H5956)

Parts of Speech

proper masculine noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

Jaalam = "concealed"
1. an Edomite, descendant of Esau

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (4)

Genesis 3

1 Chronicles 1

BSB (4)

Genesis 3

1 Chronicles 1

CSB (4)

Genesis 3

1 Chronicles 1

ESV (3)

Genesis 3

1 Chronicles 1

KJV (4)

Genesis 3

1 Chronicles 1

LEB (4)

Genesis 3

1 Chronicles 1

LSB (4)

Genesis 3

1 Chronicles 1

N95 (4)

Genesis 3

1 Chronicles 1

NAS (4)

Genesis 3

1 Chronicles 1

NLT (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (4)

Genesis 3

1 Chronicles 1

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

יַעְלָם proper name, masculine Edomite Genesis 36:5,14,18 = 1 Chronicles 1:35, Ιεγλομ.

II. עלם (√ of following; perhaps originally be mature (sexually); Aramaic עֲלֵם be strong, rejuvenate (certainly denominative), Arabic be lustful ( id.); compare Sabean עֿלם, עֿלמן young man CIS^{iv. pp. 30,42}, Arabic id.; Phoenician עלמת girl; Nabataean, Palmyrene עלם, עלים slave, Palmyrene feminine plural harlots; ᵑ7עוּלֵּימָא, עוּלֵּמְתָּא Syriac , young Prayer of Manasseh , young woman).

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

יַעְלָם (“whom God hides”), [Jaalam], pr.n. of a son of Esau, Genesis 36:5, 14 Genesis 36:14.

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List of Word Forms

וְיַעְלָ֥ם ויעלם יַעְלָ֖ם יעלם veyaLam wə·ya‘·lām wəya‘lām ya‘·lām ya‘lām yaLam