# עֶלֶם (elem)

Israeli respelling: e-lem. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H5958. 2 Old Testament occurrences.

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

King James renderings: young man, stripling.

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

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/elem-h5958

## Occurrences

- [1 Samuel 17:56](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/17/56) — And the king said, Enquire thou whose son the stripling is.
- [1 Samuel 20:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/20/22) — But if I say thus unto the young man, Behold, the arrows are beyond thee; go thy way: for the LORD hath sent thee away.