אָלַם

a.lam · be dumb

Hebrew · Strong's H481 · Verb · Sounds like: aw-lam' · 9 occurrences

Word meanings

Strong's dictionary

a primitive root; to tie fast; hence (of the mouth) to be tongue-tied; bind, be dumb, put to silence.

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Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
[אָלַם] vb. bind
Niph. (be bound =) be dumb
Pi. Pt. bind

Every occurrence

  1. Ezekiel 3:26 וְנֶֽאֱלַ֔מְתָּ ve.ne.'e.Lam.ta · An action: receiving the action, and then it will happen, done by you

    and 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.

  2. Ezekiel 24:27 תֵֽאָלֵ֖ם te.'a.Lem · An action: receiving the action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    In that day shall thy mouth be opened to him that is escaped, and thou shalt speak, and be no more dumb: so shalt thou be a sign unto them; and they shall know that I am Jehovah.

  3. Ezekiel 33:22 נֶאֱלַ֖מְתִּי ne.'e.Lam.ti · An action: receiving the action, finished, with a lasting result, done by me

    Now the hand of Jehovah had been upon me in the evening, before he that was escaped came; and he had opened my mouth, until he came to me in the morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was no more dumb.

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