STRONGS NUMBER H483


Word Summary
illem: mute (unable to speak)
Original Word: אִלֵּם
Transliteration: illem
Phonetic Spelling: (il-lame')
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: mute (unable to speak)
Meaning: mute (unable to speak)
Strong's Concordance
dumb man

From 'alam; speechless -- dumb (man).

see HEBREW 'alam

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H483. illem

אִלֵּםadjective dumb, unable to speak; Exodus 4:11 אִלֵּם יָשׂוּם מִי אוֺ לָֽאָדָם מֶּה שָׂם מִי‎; Isaiah 56:10 אִלְּמִים כְּלָבִים‎ figurative of false prophets; of idols א ׳אֱלִילִיםHabakkuk 2:8; as substantive Proverbs 31:8; Psalm 38:14; Isaiah 35:6.

אֻלָּם‎ see III. אוּלָם‎ p. 19.

אֵלָם‎ see אֵילָם‎ below II. אול‎.