# אָלַם (alam)

Israeli respelling: a-lam. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H481. 9 Old Testament occurrences.

to tie fast; hence (of the mouth) to be tongue-tied

King James renderings: bind, be dumb, put to silence.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/alam-h481

## Occurrences

- [Genesis 37:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/37/7) — For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round a…
- [Psalms 31:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/31/18) — Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
- [Psalms 39:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/39/2) — I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.
- [Psalms 39:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/39/9) — I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it.
- [Isaiah 53:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/53/7) — He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her sh…
- [Ezekiel 3:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/3/26) — And I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be to them a reprover: for they are a re…
- [Ezekiel 24:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/24/27) — In that day shall thy mouth be opened to him which is escaped, and thou shalt speak, and be no more dumb: and thou shalt be a sign unto the…
- [Ezekiel 33:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/33/22) — Now the hand of the LORD was upon me in the evening, afore he that was escaped came; and had opened my mouth, until he came to me in the mo…
- [Daniel 10:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/daniel/10/15) — And when he had spoken such words unto me, I set my face toward the ground, and I became dumb.