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Lexicon :: Strong's H5959 - ʿalmâ

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עַלְמָה
Transliteration
ʿalmâ
Pronunciation
al-maw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1630b

Strong’s Definitions

עַלְמָה ʻalmâh, al-maw'; feminine of H5958; a lass (as veiled or private):—damsel, maid, virgin.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x

The KJV translates Strong's H5959 in the following manner: virgin (4x), maid (2x), damsels (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x
The KJV translates Strong's H5959 in the following manner: virgin (4x), maid (2x), damsels (1x).

  1. virgin, young woman

    1. of marriageable age

    2. maid or newly married

      "There is no instance where it can be proved that 'almâ designates a young woman who is not a virgin. The fact of virginity is obvious in Gen 24:43 where 'almâ is used of one who was being sought as a bride for Isaac." (R. Laird Harris, et al. Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament, p. 672.)
Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עַלְמָה ʻalmâh, al-maw'; feminine of H5958; a lass (as veiled or private):—damsel, maid, virgin.
STRONGS H5959: Abbreviations
† עַלְמָה noun feminine young woman (ripe sexually; maid or newly married); — ע׳ Genesis 24:43 (J), Exodus 2:8 (E), Proverbs 30:19; Isaiah 7:14; plural עֲלָמוֺת Psalm 68:26 [Psalm 68:25]; Songs 1:3; Songs 6:8;
[H5961 עַלעֲֿלָמוֺת to (the voice of) young women, either literally, or of soprano or falsetto of boys: 1 Chronicles 15:20; [H4192 Psalm 9:1] (read עַלעֲֿלָמוֺת לַבֵּן [for עַלמֿוּת לַבֵּן], 'voce virginea a pueris decantandum,' Thes), Psalm 46:1];
[H4192 Psalm 48:15 [Psalm 48:14]] (read עַלעֲֿלָמוֺת [for עַלמֿוּת]; translated probably to [H1121 Psalm 49:1]).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

24:43

Exodus

2:8

Psalms

68:25

Proverbs

30:19

Song of Songs

1:3; 6:8

Isaiah

7:14

H5959

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Strong's Number H5959 matches the Hebrew עַלְמָה (ʿalmâ),
which occurs 7 times in 7 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:43

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:43 - please look, I am standing by the spring of water; now let it be that when the maiden [whom You have chosen for Isaac] comes out to draw [water], and to whom I say, “Please, give me a little water to drink from your jar”;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:8 - And Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Go ahead.” So the girl went and called the child’s mother.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:25 -

The singers go in front, the players of instruments last;

Between them the maidens playing on tambourines.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:19 -

The way of an eagle in the air,

The way of a serpent on a rock,

The way of a ship in the middle of the sea,

And the way of a man with a maid.

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“The aroma of your oils is fragrant and pleasing;

Your name is perfume poured out;

Therefore the maidens love you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:8 -

“There are sixty queens and eighty [fn]concubines,

And maidens without number;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:14 - “Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Listen carefully, the [fn]virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and she will call his name Immanuel (God with us).
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