Original Language Studio
Psalms 39:3
“My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue,” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
אָלַםʼâlam · aw-lam'
H481 · Hebrew
H481 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to tie fast; hence (of the mouth) to be tongue-tied
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- bind, be dumb, put to silence.
- Grammar
- נֶאֱלַ֣מְתִּי — verb Niphal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 9 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 37:7Psalms 31:19Psalms 39:10Isaiah 53:7Ezekiel 3:26
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read אָלַם here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.