Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H481
אָלַם
a.lam · “be dumb”
Used 9 times across 5 books
Definition
1) to bind
1a) (Niphal)
1a1) to be dumb
1a2) to be bound
1b) (Piel) binding (part.)
1a) (Niphal)
1a1) to be dumb
1a2) to be bound
1b) (Piel) binding (part.)
Where it appears
Genesis1
Psalms3
Isaiah1
Ezekiel3
Daniel1
In the text
Genesis 37:7For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf.Psalms 31:19Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men!Psalms 39:3My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue,Psalms 39:10Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand.Isaiah 53:7He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.Ezekiel 3:26And I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be to them a reprover: for they are a rebellious house.Ezekiel 24:27In that day shall thy mouth be opened to him which is escaped, and thou shalt speak, and be no more dumb: and thou shalt be a sign unto them; and they shall know that I am the Lord.Ezekiel 33:22Now the hand of the Lord was upon me in the evening, afore he that was escaped came; and had opened my mouth, until he came to me in the morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was no more dumb.Daniel 10:15And when he had spoken such words unto me, I set my face toward the ground, and I became dumb.
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