עֶלֶם

«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.

Used: 2 times · Key: 5958 · BDB: עֶ֫לֶם

Glosses

man (1); young.man (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

young man tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. young man tree →

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.

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, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

1 Samuel 17:56

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.'

1 Samuel 20:22

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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