3281. Yalam
Strong's Lexicon
Yalam: To be silent, to be dumb, to be speechless

Original Word: יָלַם
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Transliteration: Yalam
Pronunciation: yah-LAHM
Phonetic Spelling: (yah-lawm')
Definition: To be silent, to be dumb, to be speechless
Meaning: Jalam

Word Origin: A primitive root

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - G4623 (σιγάω, sigao): To be silent, to hold one's peace.

- G5392 (σιωπάω, siopao): To be silent, to become speechless.

Usage: The Hebrew verb "yalam" primarily conveys the idea of being silent or speechless. It is used in contexts where an individual is unable to speak, either due to awe, fear, or divine intervention. The term can also imply a deliberate choice to remain silent or to refrain from speaking.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Hebrew culture, speech was considered a powerful tool, and the ability to speak was often associated with authority and influence. Silence, therefore, could be seen as a sign of submission, respect, or the acknowledgment of a higher power. In biblical narratives, being rendered speechless often signifies a moment of divine encounter or judgment, where human words fall short in the presence of the divine.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from alam
Definition
an Edomite
NASB Translation
Jalam (4).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
יַעְלָם proper name, masculine Edomite Genesis 36:5,14,18 = 1 Chronicles 1:35, Ιεγλομ.

II. עלם (√ of following; perhaps originally be mature (sexually); Aramaic עֲלֵם be strong, rejuvenate (certainly denominative), Arabic be lustful (id.); compare Sabean עֿלם, עֿלמן young man CISiv. pp. 30, 42, Arabic id.; Phoenician עלמת girl; Nabataean, Palmyrene עלם, עלים slave, Palmyrene feminine plural harlots; ᵑ7 עוּלֵּימָא, עוּלֵּמְתָּא Syriac , young man, young woman).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
Jalam

From alam; occult; Jalam, an Edomite -- Jalam.

see HEBREW alam

Forms and Transliterations
וְיַעְלָ֥ם ויעלם יַעְלָ֖ם יעלם veyaLam wə·ya‘·lām wəya‘lām ya‘·lām ya‘lām yaLam
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Genesis 36:5
HEB: ק) וְאֶת־ יַעְלָ֖ם וְאֶת־ קֹ֑רַח
NAS: bore Jeush and Jalam and Korah. These
KJV: Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah:
INT: bore Jehush and Jalam and Korah These

Genesis 36:14
HEB: ק) וְאֶת־ יַעְלָ֖ם וְאֶת־ קֹֽרַח׃
NAS: to Esau, Jeush and Jalam and Korah.
KJV: to Esau Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah.
INT: to Esau Jehush and Jalam and Korah

Genesis 36:18
HEB: יְע֛וּשׁ אַלּ֥וּף יַעְלָ֖ם אַלּ֣וּף קֹ֑רַח
NAS: Jeush, chief Jalam, chief Korah.
KJV: Jeush, duke Jaalam, duke Korah:
INT: Jeush chief Jalam chief Korah

1 Chronicles 1:35
HEB: רְעוּאֵ֥ל וִיע֖וּשׁ וְיַעְלָ֥ם וְקֹֽרַח׃ ס
NAS: Reuel, Jeush, Jalam and Korah.
KJV: and Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah.
INT: Reuel Jeush Jalam and Korah

4 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 3281
4 Occurrences


wə·ya‘·lām — 1 Occ.
ya‘·lām — 3 Occ.
















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