אלם

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אִלֵּם • (ilém) m (feminine counterpart אִלֶּמֶת)

1. defective spelling of אילם
   • Tanach, Exodus 4:11, with Young's Literal Translation:

     מִי שָׂם פֶּה לָאָדָם אוֹ מִי יָשׂוּם אִלֵּם אוֹ חֵרֵשׁ אוֹ פִקֵּחַ אוֹ עִוֵּר

     Who appointed a mouth for man? or who appointeth the dumb, or deaf, or open, or blind?

   • Tanach, Isaiah 35:6, with translation of the King James Version:

     אָז יְדַלֵּג כָּאַיָּל פִּסֵּחַ וְתָרֹן לְשׁוֹן אִלֵּם

     áz y'dalég ka'ayál piséakh v'tarón l'shón ilém

     Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing

• H483 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

אֵלֶם • (élem) m (no plural forms, singular construct אֵלֶם־)

1. silence, speechlessness
   • Tanach, Psalms 56:1, with translation of NKJ:

     לַמְנַצֵּחַ ׀ עַל־יוֹנַת אֵלֶם רְחֹקִים לְדָוִד מִכְתָּם בֶּאֱחֹז אֹתוֹ פְלִשְׁתִּים בְּגַת׃

     lamnatséakh: al-yonát élem r'khokím l'davíd mikhtám be'ekhóz otó flishtím b'gát.

     To the Chief Musician. Set to “The Silent Dove in Distant Lands.” A Michtam of David when the Philistines captured him in Gath.

• H482 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

אִלֵּם • (ilém) (pi'el construction)

1. defective spelling of אילם

אֻלָם • (ulám) m (singular construct אֻלָם־)

1. defective spelling of אוּלָם.
   • Tanach, Ezekiel 40:9, with translation of the King James Version:

     וַיָּמָד אֶת אֻלָם הַשַּׁעַר שְׁמֹנֶה אַמּוֹת

     vayámed ét ulám hashá'ar sh'moné amót

     Then measured he the porch of the gate, eight cubits

אַלָּם • (alám) m (plural indefinite אַלָּמִים)

1. A strong, violent person.
   • a. 1180, Maimonides, “chapter 25”, in משנה תורה, מלווה ולווה:

     היה הלוה אלם ואין ב״ד יכולין להוציא מידו

     The borrower was a strong, violent person and the court is not capable of getting him to pay.