Lexical Definition

‎עֶלֶם‎ ʻelem (eh'-lem) youth ^H:N-M
from ‎עָלַם‎; (compare ‎עַלְמָה‎)

young man, stripling.

• properly, something kept out of sight, i.e. a lad

1) young man

See Greek: νεανίσκος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎עֶ֫לֶם‎ noun masculine young man; — ‎׳‎‎ע‎ absolute 1Sam 20:22, ‎הָעָ֑לֶם‎ 1Sam 17:56 ‎׳‎‎ע‎; probably also v1Sam 17:42; 1Sam 16:12 (for ᵑ0 ‎עִם‎) Gr Krenkel^{ZAW ii (1882), 309} Bu HPS.

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