עֶלֶם
ʿelem
young man
Strong's H5958NounHebrewTWOT 1630a

עֶלֶם (ʿelem) is a Hebrew noun meaning young man. It appears 2 times in 1 book of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H5958).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1630a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1630a)young man; kept out of sight, lad; stripling
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

עֶ֫לֶם noun, masculine: young man

Strong's H5958 עֶלֶם: properly, something kept out of sight, i.e. a lad
KJV:young man, stripling.

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 1630: עלם ʿlm — Root of: עָלוּמִים youth, youthful vigour; עֶ֫לֶם young man; עַלְמָה young woman

See it in Scripture

1 Samuel 17:56

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