אָלַם
ʾālam
bind
Strong's H481VerbHebrewTWOT 102

אָלַם (ʾālam) is a Hebrew verb meaning bind. It appears 9 times in 5 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H481).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 102)

Range of meaning (TWOT 102)bind; be bound, be dumb; tie, tongue-tied; put to silence
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

אָלַם verb: bind

Strong's H481 אָלַם: to tie fast; hence (of the mouth) to be tongue-tied
KJV:bind, be dumb, put to silence.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

See it in Scripture

Genesis 37:7Isaiah 53:7Ezekiel 3:26

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