עָלַם (ʿālam) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning conceal. It appears
28 times
in 15 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H5956).
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1629)
Range of meaning (TWOT 1629)conceal; our secret; hide; veil; blind, dissembler, secret
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
עָלַםverb: conceal
Qali.e. hidden sin
Niphalbe concealed
Hiphilconceal, hide
Strong's H5956עָלַם: to veil from sight, i.e. conceal (literally or figuratively) KJV:× any ways, blind, dissembler, hide (self), secret (thing).
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.