אָלַם
Used: 1 times · Key: lemma:אָלַם · BDB: אָלַם
Glosses
[were].binding (1)
Meaning (OSHB)
bind tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
vb. bind be dumb tree →
The whole BDB entry
vb. bind (perhaps cf. Assyrian [alāmu], alamattu, fortress Dl in ZimBP 114 & in BD Ezek.xi; Arabic أَلِمَ be in pain, Aramaic ܐܶܠܰܡ retain anger). (be bound =) be dumb, Pf. 3 fs. נֶאֱלָמָ֑ה Is 53:7; וְנֶאֱלַמְתָּ֫ Ez 3:26, etc.; Impf. 2 ms. תֵּאָלֵם Ez 24:27; 3 fpl. תֵּאָלַמְנָה ψ 31:19.— be dumb, i.e. silent ψ 39:3 נ׳ דוּמִיָּה (‖ הֶחֱשֵׁיתִי); cf. v 10 (‖ לֹא אֶפְתַּח־פִּי); sim. of sheep Is 53:7 (‖ id.); be dumb, i.e. unable to speak Ez 3:26 (result of וּלְשׁוֹנְךָ אַדְבִּיק אֶל־חִכֶּ֑ךָ) cf. 24:27 יִפָּתַח פִּיךָ … וּתְדַבֵּר וְלֹא תֵאָלֵם עוֹד; 33:22 וַיִּפָּתַח פִּי וְלֹא נֶאֱלַמְתִּי עוֹד; also Dn 10:15 (cf. v 16). be made dumb subj. שִׂפְתֵי שָׁ֑קֶר lying lips ψ 31:19 (‖ יִדְּמוּ לִשְׁאוֹל v 18). Pt. bind Gn 37:7(×4) (E) מְאַלְּמִים אֲלֻמִּים binding sheaves.
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (11 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (8 candidates)
Trees and pragmatics
Every English meaning of «אָלַם» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
וְ֠הִנֵּה אֲנַ֜חְנוּ מְאַלְּמִ֤ים אֲלֻמִּים֙ בְּת֣וֹךְ הַשָּׂדֶ֔ה וְהִנֵּ֛ה קָ֥מָה אֲלֻמָּתִ֖י וְגַם־נִצָּ֑בָה וְהִנֵּ֤ה תְסֻבֶּ֙ינָה֙ אֲלֻמֹּ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם וַתִּֽשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֖יןָ לַאֲלֻמָּתִֽי׃
Word for word: and there! we [were].binding sheaves in the.middle of the.field and there! it.arose sheaf my and also it.stood.upright and there! they.gathered.round sheaves your and they.bowed.down to sheaf my
JPS 1917: for, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves came round about, and bowed down to my sheaf.'
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