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H0481אָלַםa.lam

be dumbPart of speech: Hebrew Verb

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Occurrences by book

  1. 1
  2. Exodus: 0
  3. Leviticus: 0
  4. Numbers: 0
  5. Deuteronomy: 0
  6. Joshua: 0
  7. Judges: 0
  8. Ruth: 0
  9. 1 Samuel: 0
  10. 2 Samuel: 0
  11. 1 Kings: 0
  12. 2 Kings: 0
  13. 1 Chronicles: 0
  14. 2 Chronicles: 0
  15. Ezra: 0
  16. Nehemiah: 0
  17. Esther: 0
  18. Job: 0
  19. 3
  20. Proverbs: 0
  21. Ecclesiastes: 0
  22. Song of Songs: 0
  23. 1
  24. Jeremiah: 0
  25. Lamentations: 0
  26. 3
  27. 1
  28. Hosea: 0
  29. Joel: 0
  30. Amos: 0
  31. Obadiah: 0
  32. Jonah: 0
  33. Micah: 0
  34. Nahum: 0
  35. Habakkuk: 0
  36. Zephaniah: 0
  37. Haggai: 0
  38. Zechariah: 0
  39. Malachi: 0

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9 occurrences in 9 verses

With their references and text in JPS Tanakh 1917.

  1. Genesis 37:7

    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.'

    מְאַלְּמִ֤ים me.'a.le.Mim “[were] binding”

  2. Psalms 31:19

    Let the lying lips be dumb, which speak arrogantly against the righteous, with pride and contempt.

    תֵּ֥אָלַ֗מְנָה te.'a.Lam.nah “may they be dumb”

  3. Psalms 39:3

    I was dumb with silence; I held my peace, had no comfort; and my pain was held in check.

    נֶאֱלַ֣מְתִּי ne.'e.Lam.ti “I was dumb”

  4. Psalms 39:10

    I am dumb, I open not my mouth; because Thou hast done it.

    נֶ֭אֱלַמְתִּי Ne.'e.lam.ti “I am dumb”

  5. Isaiah 53:7

    He was oppressed, though he humbled himself and opened not his mouth; as a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and as a sheep that before her shearers is dumb; yea, he opened not his mouth.

    נֶאֱלָ֑מָה ne.'e.La.mah “it is dumb”

  6. Ezekiel 3:26

    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.

    וְנֶֽאֱלַ֔מְתָּ (נֶֽאֱלַ֔מְתָּ) ne.'e.Lam.ta “you will be dumb”

  7. Ezekiel 24:27

    In that day shall thy mouth be opened together with 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 the LORD.'

    תֵֽאָלֵ֖ם te.'a.Lem “you will be dumb”

  8. Ezekiel 33:22

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

    נֶאֱלַ֖מְתִּי ne.'e.Lam.ti “I was dumb”

  9. Daniel 10:15

    And when he had spoken unto me according to these words, I set my face toward the ground, and was dumb.

    וְנֶאֱלָֽמְתִּי׃ (נֶאֱלָֽמְתִּי) ne.'e.La.me.ti “I was dumb”