5934. alumim
Berean Strong's Lexicon
alumim: Youth, youthful vigor

Original Word: עֲלוּמִים
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: alumim
Pronunciation: ah-loo-MEEM
Phonetic Spelling: (aw-loom')
Definition: Youth, youthful vigor
Meaning: adolescence, vigor

Word Origin: Derived from the root עָלַם (alam), which means "to conceal" or "to hide."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - G3503 (neotes) - youth, young age

- G3501 (neos) - new, young

Usage: The term "alumim" refers to the period of youth or the state of being young. It is often associated with the vigor, strength, and potential of young people. In the Hebrew Bible, it is used to describe the prime of life, a time of energy and opportunity.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Israelite culture, youth was a time of preparation and learning, often under the guidance of family and community. It was a period when individuals were expected to develop skills, character, and wisdom that would serve them in adulthood. The concept of youth was highly valued, as it represented the future strength and continuity of the community.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from the same as elem
Definition
youth, youthful vigor
NASB Translation
youth (2), youthful vigor (2).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
[עֲלוּמִים] noun plural abstract youth, youthful vigour; — only suffix עֲלוּמָיו Job 20:11 Qr (Kt עֲלוּמוֺ); עֲלוּמָיו Psalm 89:46; Job 33:25; עֲלוּמַיִךְ Isaiah 54:4.

III. עלם (√ of following, meaning dubious; compare Late Hebrew עוֺלָם (chiefly world, age); MI7, 10 עלם, Phoenician id., Aramaic עָֽלְמָא, , Nabataean עלם, Palmyrene עלמא; Arabic creation, world, etc.; Ethiopic aevum, saeculum, etc.; according to Thes and others from I. עלם the hidden, compare Köii. 1, 87; LagBN 115 compare quadril. primitive waters; Ew§ 77 a compare Ethiopic time [√ Di923]; BaZMG xliv (1890), 685 compare Assyrian ullûti, ullâ [ullânu, remote time], compare DlHWB 65 JenZA vii).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
youth

Passive participle of alam in the denominative sense of elem; (only in plural as abstract) adolescence; figuratively, vigor -- youth.

see HEBREW alam

see HEBREW elem

Forms and Transliterations
עֲלוּמַ֙יִךְ֙ עֲלוּמָ֑יו עֲלוּמָֽיו׃ עלומיו עלומיו׃ עלומיך ‘ă·lū·ma·yiḵ ‘ă·lū·māw ‘ălūmāw ‘ălūmayiḵ aluMav aluMayich
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Englishman's Concordance
Job 20:11
HEB: [עֲלוּמֹו כ] (עֲלוּמָ֑יו ק) וְ֝עִמּ֗וֹ
NAS: are full of his youthful vigor, But it lies down
KJV: are full [of the sin] of his youth, which shall lie down
INT: his bones are full youth with with

Job 33:25
HEB: יָ֝שׁ֗וּב לִימֵ֥י עֲלוּמָֽיו׃
NAS: to the days of his youthful vigor;
KJV: to the days of his youth:
INT: return to the days of his youthful

Psalm 89:45
HEB: הִ֭קְצַרְתָּ יְמֵ֣י עֲלוּמָ֑יו הֶֽעֱטִ֨יתָ עָלָ֖יו
NAS: the days of his youth; You have covered
KJV: The days of his youth hast thou shortened:
INT: have shortened the days of his youth have covered with

Isaiah 54:4
HEB: כִּ֣י בֹ֤שֶׁת עֲלוּמַ֙יִךְ֙ תִּשְׁכָּ֔חִי וְחֶרְפַּ֥ת
NAS: the shame of your youth, And the reproach
KJV: the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember
INT: for the shame of your youth will forget and the reproach

4 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 5934
4 Occurrences


‘ă·lū·māw — 3 Occ.
‘ă·lū·ma·yiḵ — 1 Occ.
















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