עַלְמָה
Used: 7 times · Key: 5959 · BDB: עַלְמָה
Glosses
woman (3); young.women (3); a.young.woman (1)
Meaning (OSHB)
young woman tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
n.f. young woman tree →
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).
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (1 candidates)
Trees and pragmatics
Every English meaning of «עַלְמָה» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
קִדְּמ֣וּ שָׁ֭רִים אַחַ֣ר נֹגְנִ֑ים בְּת֥וֹךְ עֲ֝לָמ֗וֹת תּוֹפֵפֽוֹת׃
Word for word: they.went.in.front singers [were].behind musicians among young.women [who.were].playing.tambourines
JPS 1917: The singers go before, the minstrels follow after, in the midst of damsels playing upon timbrels.
שִׁשִּׁ֥ים הֵ֙מָּה֙ מְּלָכ֔וֹת וּשְׁמֹנִ֖ים פִּֽילַגְשִׁ֑ים וַעֲלָמ֖וֹת אֵ֥ין מִסְפָּֽר׃
Word for word: [are].sixty they queens and eighty concubines and young.women there.[is].not number
JPS 1917: There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and maidens without number.
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