King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H5958
Transliteration: elem
Phonetic Spelling: (eh'-lem)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: a young man
Meaning: something kept out of sight, a lad
Word Summary
elem: a young man
Original Word: עֶלֶםTransliteration: elem
Phonetic Spelling: (eh'-lem)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: a young man
Meaning: something kept out of sight, a lad
Strong's Concordance
young man, stripling From alam; properly, something kept out of sight (compare almah), i.e. A lad -- young man, stripling.
see HEBREW alam
see HEBREW almah
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H5958. elem
עֶ֫לֶם noun masculine young man; — ׳ע absolute 1 Samuel 20:22, הָעָ֑לֶם 17:56; ׳ע; probably also 17:42; 16:12 (for עִם ᵑ0) Gr KrenkelZAW ii (1882), 309 Bu HPS.