אִלֵּם (ʾillēm) is
a Hebrew adjective
meaning dumb. It appears
6 times
in 5 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H483).
Also rendered
mute
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 102c)
Range of meaning (TWOT 102c)dumb, unable to speak; speechless
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
אִלֵּםadjective: dumb, unable to speak
Strong's H483אִלֵּם: speechless KJV:dumb (man).
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.
Root family 102: אָלַםʾālam — bind; be bound, be dumb; tie, tongue-tied; put to silence