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Hebrew wordlink #26795

OSHB Exo 4:11 אִלֵּם (ʼillēm) Strongs=483 Lemma=‘אִלֵּם’
contextual word gloss=‘dumb’ word gloss=‘mute’
Morphology=Aamsa PoS=adjective Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute
Year=-1491

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Other uses (1) of identical word form אִלֵּם (Morphology=Aamsa PoS=adjective Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘אִלֵּם’ (Morphology=Aamsa PoS=adjective Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) has 2 different glosses: ‘a_dumb_[person]’, ‘dumb’.

ISA 35:6 contextual word gloss=‘a_dumb_[person]’ word gloss=‘mute’ OSHB ISA 35:6 word 7

OET-LV: 6 Then he _will _leap like_deer a _lame_person and_ the_tongue _of _it _will _shout _for _joy a _dumb_person if/because they _will _burst _forth in_wilderness waters and_torrents in_plain. (ISA_35:6)

OET-RV: 6 ◙
⇔ …
⇔ …
⇔ … (ISA 35:6)

Hebrew words (12) other than אִלֵּם (Morphology=Aamsa PoS=adjective Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) with a gloss related to ‘dumb’

Have 12 other words (לְאִלֵּם, אִלְּמִים, אִלְּמִים, נֶאֱלַמְתִּי, תֵאָלֵם, וְנֶאֱלָמְתִּי, וּכְאִלֵּם, תֵּאָלַמְנָה, נֶאֱלָמָה, נֶאֱלַמְתִּי, נֶאֱלַמְתִּי, וְנֶֽאֱלַמְתָּ) with 5 lemmas altogether (Lemma=‘אִלֵּם’, Lemma=‘אָלַם’, Lemmas=‘לְ’, ‘אִלֵּם’, Lemmas=‘וְ’, ‘כְּ’, ‘אִלֵּם’, Lemmas=‘וְ’, ‘אָלַם’)

PSA 31:19 תֵּאָלַמְנָה (tēʼālamnāh) Lemma=‘אָלַם’ contextual word gloss=‘may_they_be_dumb’ word gloss=‘mute’ OSHB PSA 31:19 word 1

OET-LV: 19  lips _of may _they _be _dumb falsehood which_speak on the_righteous arrogant with_pride and_contempt. (PSA_31:19)

OET-RV: 19 You’ve stored up great goodness for those who revere you,
⇔ that you perform for those who take refuge in you
⇔ in plain sight of all humanity. (PSA 31:19)

PSA 38:14 וּכְאִלֵּם (ūkəʼillēm) Lemmas=‘וְ’, ‘כְּ’, ‘אִלֵּם’ contextual morpheme glosses=‘and, like, a_dumb_[person]’ morpheme glosses=‘and, like, mute’ OSHB PSA 38:14 word 5

OET-LV: 14  and_I am_like_a _deaf_person not I _hear and_like_a _dumb_person who_not he _opens mouth _of_his. (PSA_38:14)

OET-RV: 14 I’m like a man who can’t hear
⇔ and so can’t so anything in my defence (PSA 38:14)

PSA 39:3 נֶאֱלַמְתִּי (neʼₑlamtī) Lemma=‘אָלַם’ contextual word gloss=‘I_was_dumb’ word gloss=‘mute’ OSHB PSA 39:3 word 1

OET-LV: 3  I _was _dumb silence I _was _silent from_good and_my _of_pain it _was _stirred _up. (PSA_39:3)

OET-RV: 3 My heart became hot when I thought about these things.
⇔ ≈ It burnt like a fire, then finally I spoke. (PSA 39:3)

PSA 39:10 נֶאֱלַמְתִּי (neʼₑlamtī) Lemma=‘אָלַם’ contextual word gloss=‘I_am_dumb’ word gloss=‘silent’ OSHB PSA 39:10 word 1

OET-LV: 10  I _am _dumb not I _open mouth _of_my if/because you you _have _acted. (PSA_39:10)

OET-RV: 10 Stop wounding me.
⇔ I’m overwhelmed by the blow of your hand. (PSA 39:10)

PROV 31:8 לְאִלֵּם (ləʼillēm) Lemmas=‘לְ’, ‘אִלֵּם’ contextual morpheme glosses=‘for_[the], dumb’ morpheme glosses=‘for, mute’ OSHB PROV 31:8 word 3

OET-LV: 8 Open mouth _of_your for_the_dumb to the_cause _of all _of the_sons _of passing _away. (PRO_31:8)

OET-RV: 8 Open your mouth for those who can’t speak—
⇔ for the cause of all those who are dying. (PRO 31:8)

ISA 53:7 נֶאֱלָמָה (neʼₑlāmāh) Lemma=‘אָלַם’ contextual word gloss=‘it_is_dumb’ word gloss=‘silent’ OSHB ISA 53:7 word 13

OET-LV: 7 He _was _oppressed and_he was_afflicted and_not he _opened mouth _of_his like_sheep which_to_slaughter it _is _brought and_like_a _ewe to_(the)_face _of/in _front _of/before its _of_shearers it _is _dumb and_not he _opened mouth _of_his. (ISA_53:7)

OET-RV: ⇔  7 He was oppressed and tormented
⇔ but like a lamb being led away to be slaughtered, he didn’t open his mouth,
⇔ ≈ and like a sheep that’s silent in front of its shearers, he didn’t open his mouth. (ISA 53:7)

ISA 56:10 אִלְּמִים (ʼilləmīm) Lemma=‘אִלֵּם’ contextual word gloss=‘dumb’ word gloss=‘mute’ OSHB ISA 56:10 word 8

OET-LV: 10 wwww are_blind of _them _of_all not they _know of _them _of_all are_dogs dumb not they _are _able to_bark they_are_dreaming they_are_lying _down they_are_loving _of (of)_to_slumber. (ISA_56:10)

OET-RV: 10 ◙
⇔ …
⇔ …
⇔ … (ISA 56:10)

EZE 3:26 וְנֶֽאֱלַמְתָּ (vəneʼₑlamtā) Lemmas=‘וְ’, ‘אָלַם’ contextual morpheme glosses=‘and, you_will_be_dumb’ morpheme glosses=‘and, mute’ OSHB EZE 3:26 word 5

OET-LV: 26 And_your _of_tongue I _will _make _stick to palate _of_your and_you _will _be _dumb and_not you _will _become to/for_them (into)_a_person who_reproves if/because are_a _house _of rebellion they. (EZE_3:26)

OET-RV: 26 Then I’ll make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth, so you’ll become mute, and although they’re rebellious people, you won’t be able to tell them off. (EZE 3:26)

EZE 24:27 תֵאָלֵם (tēʼālēm) Lemma=‘אָלַם’ contextual word gloss=‘you_will_be_dumb’ word gloss=‘silent’ OSHB EZE 24:27 word 9

OET-LV: 27 In _the_day (the)_that mouth _of_your it _will _be _opened with the_escapee and_you _will _speak and_not you _will _be _dumb again and_you _will _become to/for_them (into)_a_sign and_they _will _know if/because _that I am_YHWH. (EZE_24:27)

OET-RV: 27 At that time, your mouth will be opened up to that refugee and you’ll speak again—you’ll no longer be silent. You’ll be a sign for them so that they’ll know that I am Yahweh.” (EZE 24:27)

EZE 33:22 נֶאֱלַמְתִּי (neʼₑlamtī) Lemma=‘אָלַם’ contextual word gloss=‘I_was_dumb’ word gloss=‘unable_to_speak’ OSHB EZE 33:22 word 19

OET-LV: 22 And_the _hand _of YHWH it _had _been to_me in_evening to_(the)_face _of/in _front _of/before came the_escapee and_he _had _opened DOM mouth _of_my until came to_me in_morning mouth _of_my and_it _was _opened and_not I _was _dumb again. (EZE_33:22)

OET-RV: 22 Yahweh had held me in a vision the evening before the fugitive came, but my mouth was opened by the time he came to me at dawn, so by then, I was able to speak again. (EZE 33:22)

DAN 10:15 וְנֶאֱלָמְתִּי (vəneʼₑlāməttī) Lemmas=‘וְ’, ‘אָלַם’ contextual morpheme glosses=‘and, I_was_dumb’ morpheme glosses=‘and, speechless’ OSHB DAN 10:15 word 8

OET-LV: 15 And_when_he_spoke with_me according_the _words/messages the_these I _put face _of_my towards_land and_I _was _dumb. (DAN_10:15)

OET-RV: 15 While he was telling me all that, I faced the ground and wasn’t able to speak. (DAN 10:15)

HAB 2:18 אִלְּמִים (ʼilləmīm) Lemma=‘אִלֵּם’ contextual word gloss=‘dumb’ word gloss=‘cannot_speak’ OSHB HAB 2:18 word 17

OET-LV: 18 what a _carved _image does _it _profit if/because he_has _carved _it the _of_one _who_formed _it a _molten _image and_that _which_teaches falsehood if/because he _relies form _of_its the _one _who_formed on/upon/above_him/it for_ idols _doing dumb. (HAB_2:18)

OET-RV: 18 How can an idol profit you when it was just formed and shaped by its human maker?
⇔ It’s a teacher of lies because its maker uses his own imagination when he makes these speechless ‘gods’. (HAB 2:18)