אִלֵּם

«אִלֵּם» in the Tanakh dictionary: dumb — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 6 times · Key: 483 · BDB: אִלֵּם

Glosses

dumb (4); a.dumb.[person] (1); of.a.dumb.[person] (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

dumb tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. dumb tree →

The whole BDB entry

adj. dumb, unable to speak; Ex 4:11 מִי שָׂם פֶּה לָֽאָדָם אוֹ מִי יָשׂוּם אִלֵּם; Is 56:10 כְּלָבִים אִלְּמִים fig. of false proph.; of idols אֱלִילִים א׳ Hb 2:18; as subst. Pr 31:8 ψ 38:14 Is 35:6.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (11 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (8 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «אִלֵּם» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Proverbs 31:8

פְּתַח־פִּ֥יךָ לְאִלֵּ֑ם אֶל־דִּ֝֗ין כָּל־בְּנֵ֥י חֲלֽוֹף׃

Word for word: open mouth your for.[the] dumb to [the].cause of.all [the].sons of.passing.away

JPS 1917: Open thy mouth for the dumb, in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.

Psalms 38:14

וַאֲנִ֣י כְ֭חֵרֵשׁ לֹ֣א אֶשְׁמָ֑ע וּ֝כְאִלֵּ֗ם לֹ֣א יִפְתַּח־פִּֽיו׃

Word for word: and I [am].like a.deaf.[person] not I.hear and like a.dumb.[person] [who].not he.opens mouth his

JPS 1917: But I am as a deaf man, I hear not; and I am as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.

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