אילם

Hebrew

Root
א־ל־ם (ʾ-l-m)

Noun

אילם / אִלֵּם • (ilém) m (plural indefinite אילמים / אִלְּמִים, singular construct אילם / אִלֵּם־, plural construct אילמי / אִלְּמֵי־, feminine counterpart אילמת / אִלֶּמֶת)

  1. A mute (person unable to speak).

Verb

אילם / אִלֵּם • (ilém) third-singular masculine past (pi'el construction)

  1. (transitive) to bundle, bind.
    • Tanach, Genesis 37:7, with translation of the American Standard Version:
      וְהִנֵּה אֲנַחְנוּ מְאַלְּמִים אֲלֻמִּים בְּתוֹךְ הַשָּׂדֶה
      v'hiné anáchnu m'al'mím alumím b'tóch hasadé
      for, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field

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