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.
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)
Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
[אָלַם] vb. bind
Niph. (be bound =) be dumb
Pi. Pt. bind
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Isaiah 53:7 נֶאֱלָ֑מָה ne.'e.La.mah · An action: receiving the action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it
He was oppressed, yet when he was afflicted he opened not his mouth; as a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and as a sheep that before its shearers is dumb, so he opened not his mouth.
American Standard Version (1901). Public domain.