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# אֵלֶם

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H482

**silence** — used 2 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

silence [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/482/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

אֵ֫לֶם: silence [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/482/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] silence, ψ 56:1 (title) vid. Ol De, in name of melody עַל־יוֹנַת אֵלֶם רְחֹקִים; also ψ 58:2 (= adv. in silence?) but read אֵלִ(י)ם Ol De Che, etc.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (11 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (8 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: elem- (1); silence (1).

## In the verses

[Psalms 58:2](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.58.2/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.58.2/#tree)

הַֽאֻמְנָ֗ם אֵ֣לֶם צֶ֭דֶק תְּדַבֵּר֑וּן מֵישָׁרִ֥ים תִּ֝שְׁפְּט֗וּ בְּנֵ֣י אָדָֽם׃

*Word for word:* ? really silence of.righteousness do you.speak uprightness(es) do.you.judge? \[the\].children of.humankind

*JPS 1917:* Do ye indeed speak as a righteous company? Do ye judge with equity the sons of men?

[Psalms 56:1](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.56.1/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.56.1/#tree)

לַמְנַצֵּ֤חַ ׀ עַל־י֬וֹנַת אֵ֣לֶם רְ֭חֹקִים לְדָוִ֣ד מִכְתָּ֑ם בֶּֽאֱחֹ֨ז אֹת֖וֹ פְלִשְׁתִּ֣ים בְּגַֽת׃

*Word for word:* to the choirmaster on yonath- elem- rechokim of David a.miktam when seized him \[the\].Philistines in Gath

*JPS 1917:* For the Leader; upon Jonath-elem-rehokim. A Psalm of David; Michtam; when the Philistines took him in Gath.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/482.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/482/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).